Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D5 / Belgium / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates) |
| Report due | 2018-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D5 Eutrophication |
| Member State | Belgium |
| Region/subregion | NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea |
| Reported by | RBINS - Scientific Service MUMM |
| Report date | 2020-01-14 |
| Report access | ART8_GES_BE_20200110.xml |
Belgian Part of the North Sea (ANS-BE-MS-1)
GES component |
D5
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D5
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D5
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Feature |
Eutrophication
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Eutrophication
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Eutrophication
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Element |
DIN |
DIP |
Chlorophyll-a |
Element code |
TDIN |
PHOS |
EEA_3164-01-0 |
Element code source |
Contaminants (D8-D9) http://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_bodc_vocab_v2/vocab_relations.asp?lib=P02
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Contaminants (D8-D9) http://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_bodc_vocab_v2/vocab_relations.asp?lib=P02
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Eutrophication (D5) and contaminants (D8-D9) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/wise/ObservedProperty/view
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Element 2 |
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Element 2 code |
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Element 2 code source |
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Element source |
EU |
EU |
EU |
Criterion |
D5C1
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D5C1
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D5C2
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Parameter |
Concentration in water
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Concentration in water
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Concentration in water
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Parameter other |
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Threshold value upper |
22.5 |
0.8 |
15.0 |
Threshold value lower |
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Threshold qualitative |
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Threshold value source |
OSPAR Convention
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OSPAR Convention
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OSPAR Convention
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Threshold value source other |
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Value achieved upper |
30.2 |
0.84 |
19.3 |
Value achieved lower |
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Value unit |
micromole per litre
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micromole per litre
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microgram per litre
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Value unit other |
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Proportion threshold value |
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Proportion value achieved |
52.0 |
69.0 |
71.0 |
Proportion threshold value unit |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
Trend |
Improving |
Improving |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
No |
No |
No |
Description parameter |
Average winter concentration with surface derived using model. With 48 umol/l for coastal waters, 24.7 umol/l for territorial waters and 11.9 umol/l offshore. |
Average winter concentration with surface derived using model. With 1.1 umol/l for coastal waters, 0.7 umol/l for territorial waters and 0.6 umol/l offshore. |
Average calculated based on 90-percentile of chlorophyll a (average for 2011-2016) during growing season based on remote sensing. With 19.3 ug/l for coastal waters, 17.6 µg/l for territorial waters and 7.6 µg/l offshore. |
Related indicator |
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Criteria status |
Not good |
Not good |
Not good |
Description criteria |
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Element status |
Not good |
Not good |
Not good |
Description element |
48% of the area did not reach GES.
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31% of the area did not reach GES.
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29% of the area did not reach GES (based on 90-percentile of chlorophyll). |
Integration rule type parameter |
OOAO
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OOAO
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OOAO
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Integration rule description parameter |
Based on whole BPNS
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Based on whole BPNS
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Based on whole BPNS
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Integration rule type criteria |
Other
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Other
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Other
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Integration rule description criteria |
OSPAR comp & OOAO WFD coastal waters
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OSPAR comp & OOAO WFD coastal waters
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OSPAR comp & OOAO WFD coastal waters
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GES extent threshold |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
GES extent achieved |
70.00 |
70.00 |
70.00 |
GES extent unit |
Proportion of area in good status |
Proportion of area in good status |
Proportion of area in good status |
GES achieved |
GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported |
GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported |
GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported |
Description overall status |
The eutrophication assessment in the frame of WFD only covered the 1 nm, the assessment has been redone for the whole area based on an updated dataset (all data are to be used for normalization to salinity). The indicators for eutrophication show that ca. 30 % of the Belgian marine zone did not achieve a good environmental status: No good status for the Belgian coastal waters (1 nm), the territorial zone (12 nm) is evolving to a good status and offshore (> 12 nm) has achieved a good status. |
The eutrophication assessment in the frame of WFD only covered the 1 nm, the assessment has been redone for the whole area based on an updated dataset (all data are to be used for normalization to salinity). The indicators for eutrophication show that ca. 30 % of the Belgian marine zone did not achieve a good environmental status: No good status for the Belgian coastal waters (1 nm), the territorial zone (12 nm) is evolving to a good status and offshore (> 12 nm) has achieved a good status. |
The eutrophication assessment in the frame of WFD only covered the 1 nm, the assessment has been redone for the whole area based on an updated dataset (all data are to be used for normalization to salinity). The indicators for eutrophication show that ca. 30 % of the Belgian marine zone did not achieve a good environmental status: No good status for the Belgian coastal waters (1 nm), the territorial zone (12 nm) is evolving to a good status and offshore (> 12 nm) has achieved a good status. |
Assessments period |
2011-2016 |
2011-2016 |
2011-2016 |
Related pressures |
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Related targets |
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