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
6.1.1 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
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.
Marine reporting units
  • Estonian marine waters
Feature
  • Functional group - other (highly mobile/widely dispersed species groups)
  • Functional group - other (highly mobile/widely dispersed species groups)
  • Functional group - other (highly mobile/widely dispersed species groups)
  • Functional group - other (highly mobile/widely dispersed species groups)
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
6.1.1
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
Area extends sertain limit value
Realtive abundance of Fucus vesiculosus is above sertain treshold value
value above treshold
Threshold values
  • Estonian marine waters = 2
  • Estonian marine waters = 0,5
  • Estonian marine waters = Not Assessed
  • Estonian marine waters = 0,5
Threshold value unit
m
Unknown
Proportion of area to achieve threshold value
100%
100%
100%
100%
Reference point type
TargetReferencePoint
TargetReferencePoint
TargetReferencePoint
TargetReferencePoint
Baseline
reference conditions
reference conditions
reference conditions
reference
Assessment method
Development status
Fully operational
Fully operational
Further development needed
Fully operational