Response to a letter to editor regarding Kotta et aL 2020: Cleaning up seas using blue growth initiatives: Mussel farming for eutrophication control in the Baltic Sea

摘要

We thank Wikstrom et al. (2020) for their interest in our work and their recognition of the value of the data we present. We believe that we share with them a commitment to a healthy and sustainable Baltic Sea. In Kotta et al. (2020), we contributed to showing how blue mussel farming could be one of a bundle of measures for reducing excessive nutrient levels in the Baltic Sea. Blue mussel farming is a promising low-impact and native species-based internal method for eutrophication control in the Baltic Sea. We presented the first synthesis of a large number of recent measurements of farmed mussel growth in the Baltic Sea and a new model chain for predicting growth and nutrient removal potential across key environmental gradients.