Modeling the Coastal Sea Carbon Sink in the Gulf of Bothnia: the Importance of Phytoplankton Plasticity and Organic Nutrients

Filippa Fransner1,2, Erik Gustafsson3, Letizia Tedesco4, Marcello Vichi5, Robinson Hordoir1, Fabien Roquet1, Kristian Spilling4, Ivan Kuznetsov6, Kari Eilola7, Carl-Magnus Mörth1, Christoph Humborg8 and Jonas Nycander1, (1)Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm, Sweden, (2)Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, (3)Stockholm University, Baltic Sea Centre, Stockholm, Sweden, (4)Finnish Environment Institute, Marine Research Centre, Helsinki, Finland, (5)University of Cape Town, Department of Oceanography and Marine Research Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, (6)Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany, (7)Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden, (8)Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Baltic Sea Centre, Stockholm, Sweden