Member State report / Art8 / 2012 / D4 / Estonia / Baltic Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2012-10-15
GES Descriptor D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems
Member State Estonia
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Estonian Marine Institute
Report date 2012-10-19
Report access MSFD8aFeatures_20130430_141723.xml

Estonian marine waters

Topic
EcosystemAbundance
EcosystemOverall
EcosystemProductivity
EcosystemProportion
"Ecosystem structure - predominant habitats
Reporting Feature
Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
Indicator
4.3.1
GESOther
4.1.1
4.2.1
1.7.1
Threshold Value
>65% of observations fall within acceptable deviation from reference conditions
not assessed
actual abundance vs. Potential abundance
absence of decline
absence of negative trend
Threshold Unit
Threshold Proportion
100
100
100
100
Baseline
present reference conditions
present reference conditions
present reference conditions
present reference conditions
Status
NotAssessed
NotAssessed
NotAssessed
NotAssessed
NotAssessed
Status Description
lack of established methods
lack of established methods
lack of established methods
lack of established methods
lack of established methods
Status Trend
Status Confidence
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low