Member State report / Art9 / 2012 / D6 / 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 | D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats |
| 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 |
1.4 Habitat distribution |
1.4.1 Distributional range |
1.4.2 Distributional pattern |
1.5 Habitat extent |
1.5.1 Habitat area |
1.6 Habitat condition |
1.6.1 Condition typical species |
1.6.2 Relative abundance |
1.6.3 Habitat condition |
6.1 Physical damage, having regard to substrate characteristics |
6.1 Physical damage, having regard to substrate characteristics |
6.1.1 Biogenic substrata |
6.1.2 Extent of seabed affected |
6.2 Condition of benthic community |
6.2.1 Presence of sensitive species |
6.2.2 Benthic multi-metric indexes |
6.2.3 Proportion of individuals above specified size |
6.2.4 Size spectrum of benthic community |
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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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Criterion/indicator |
1.4 |
1.4.1 |
1.4.2 |
1.5 |
1.5.1 |
1.6 |
1.6.1 |
1.6.2 |
1.6.3 |
6.1 |
6.1 |
6.1.1 |
6.1.2 |
6.2 |
6.2.1 |
6.2.2 |
6.2.3 |
6.2.4 |
GES description |
Depth distribution extends to sertain limit
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Area extends sertain limit value
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Realtive abundance of Fucus vesiculosus is above sertain treshold value |
value above treshold
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Threshold values |
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Threshold value unit |
m
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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
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Assessment method |
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Development status |
Fully operational
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Fully operational
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Further development needed
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Fully operational
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