Member State report / Art9 / 2012 / D4 / Estonia / Baltic Sea
Report type | Member State report to Commission |
MSFD Article | Art. 9 Determination of GES (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 | MSFD9GES_20130430_141744.xml |
GES component |
1.7 Ecosystem structure |
1.7.1 Composition ecosystem |
1.7.1 Composition ecosystem |
4.1 Productivity (production per unit biomass) of key species or trophic groups |
4.1.1 Productivity of key predators |
4.2 Proportion of selected species at the top of food webs |
4.2.1 Large fish by weight |
4.3 Abundance/distribution of key trophic groups/species |
4.3.1 Abundance trends of selected groups/species |
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Method used |
BAL-EE-AA: Targets were set on criteria level and indicators were selected from those used for GES determination. |
BAL-EE-AA: Targets were set on criteria level and indicators were selected from those used for GES determination. |
BAL-EE-AA: Targets were set on criteria level and indicators were selected from those used for GES determination. |
BAL-EE-AA: Targets were set on criteria level and indicators were selected from those used for GES determination. |
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Marine reporting units |
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Feature |
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Criterion/indicator |
1.7 |
1.7.1 |
1.7.1 |
4.1 |
4.1.1 |
4.2 |
4.2.1 |
4.3 |
4.3.1 |
GES description |
Absence of negative trend
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Smolt production is above the limit share
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Absence of decline
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absence of decline
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Threshold values |
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Threshold value unit |
Unknown
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%
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Proportion of area to achieve threshold value |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
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Reference point type |
TargetReferencePoint |
TargetReferencePoint |
TargetReferencePoint |
TargetReferencePoint |
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Baseline |
reference conditions
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reference conditions
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reference conditions
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reference conditions
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Assessment method |
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Development status |
Fully operational
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Fully operational
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Fully operational
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