MS/Art8/2018/D6/Estonia/Baltic Sea — Marine Information System for Europe

Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D6 / Estonia / Baltic 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	D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats
Member State	Estonia
Region/subregion	Baltic Sea
Reported by	Estonian Environment Agency
Report date	2020-04-06
Report access	ART8_GES_Merge_v3_04_2019.xml

Estonian marine waters (BAL-EE-AA)

Simplified table

GES component	D6
Feature	Other benthic habitats															Physical disturbance to seabed	Physical loss of the seabed
Element	Estuaries			Large shallow inlets and bays			Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide			Reefs			Sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time
Element code	1130			1160			1140			1170			1110
Element code source	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/biodiversity/n2000habitats/view			HabitatsDirective			HabitatsDirective			HabitatsDirective			HabitatsDirective
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source	EU			EU			EU			EU			EU
Criterion	D6C3	D6C4	D6C5	D6C3	D6C4	D6C5	D6C3	D6C4	D6C5	D6C3	D6C4	D6C5	D6C3	D6C4	D6C5	D6C2	D6C1
Parameter	Extent	Extent	Habitat condition	Extent	Extent	Habitat condition	Extent	Extent	Habitat condition	Extent	Extent	Habitat condition	Extent	Extent	Habitat condition	Extent	Extent
Parameter other
Threshold value upper	10.0	5.0	0.6	10.0	5.0	0.6	10.0	5.0	0.6	10.0	5.0	0.6	10.0	5.0	0.6
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source	National	National	Other (specify)	National	National	Other (specify)	National	National	National	National	National	National	National	National		Not applicable	Not applicable
Threshold value source other			HELCOM BEAT based national application			HELCOM BEAT based national application
Value achieved upper	1.6	0.012		9.7	0.3		6.4	0.91	0.64	0.68	0.18	0.8	3.2	0.61	0.84	216.2	81.6
Value achieved lower
Value unit	Other	percentage	Other		percentage	Other	Other	percentage	Other	Other	percentage	Other	Other	percentage	Other	square kilometre	square kilometre
Value unit other	percentage		index			index	percentage		index	percentage		index	percentage		index
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Not relevant	Not relevant
Parameter achieved	Yes	Yes	Not assessed	Yes	Yes	Not assessed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
Description parameter
Related indicator	The spatial area of physical disturbance to the habitat type estuaries (code 1130)	The spatial area of loss of the habitat type estuaries (code 1130) resulting from anthropogenic loss of the natural seabed	Quality of habitat type estuaries (code 1130)	The spatial area of physical disturbance to the habitat type large shallow inlets and bays (code 1160)	The spatial area of loss of the habitat type large shallow inlets and bays (code 1160) resulting from anthropogenic loss of the natural seabed	Quality of habitat type large shallow inlets and bays (code 1160)	The spatial area of physical disturbance to the habitat type mudflats and sandflats (code 1140)	The spatial area of loss of the habitat type mudflats and sandflats (code 1140) resulting from anthropogenic loss of the natural seabed	Quality of habitat type mudflats and sandflats (code 1140)	The spatial area of physical disturbance to the habitat type reefs (code 1170)	The spatial area of loss of the habitat type reefs (code 1170) resulting from anthropogenic loss of the natural seabed	Quality of habitat type reefs (code 1170)	BALEED6D3.1	The spatial area of loss of the habitat type sandbanks (code 1110) resulting from anthropogenic loss of the natural seabed	Quality of habitat type sandbanks (code 1110)	Spatial distibution and area of physical disturbance to the seabed.	Spatial distibution and area of physical loss of the natural seabed
Criteria status	Good	Good	Not assessed	Good	Good	Not assessed	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Unknown	Unknown
Description criteria																Contributes to assessment of another criterion/element	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/element
Element status	Good			Good			Good			Good			Good
Description element
Integration rule type parameter	Not relevant															Not relevant	Not relevant
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria	OOAO															Not relevant	Not relevant
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved	GES achieved															Not relevant	Not relevant
Description overall status
Assessments period	2011-2016															2011-2016	2011-2016
Related pressures	Changes to hydrological conditions Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed															Changes to hydrological conditions Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	Changes to hydrological conditions Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed
Related targets	BALEE-T38															BALEE-T30 BALEE-T38	BALEE-T30 BALEE-T38 Target 19