MS/Art8/2012/D1-P/Greece/Mediterranean: Aegean-Levantine Sea

Member State report / Art8 / 2012 / D1-P / Greece / Mediterranean: Aegean-Levantine 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	D1 Pelagic habitats
Member State	Greece
Region/subregion	Mediterranean: Aegean-Levantine Sea
Reported by	Dept of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, Greece, Faculty of Geology and Geo-Environment, University of Athens, Greece, University of Creete, Biology Department
Report date	2012-10-15
Report access	MALGR_MSFD8aFeatures_20130430.xml HTML Factsheet

It constitutes the assessment area Aegean Sea belonging in the subregion Mediterranean sea:Aegean-Levantine sea

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Topic	HabitatCondition	HabitatDistribution	HabitatExtent	HabitatOverall	HabitatCondition	HabitatDistribution	HabitatExtent	HabitatOverall	HabitatCondition	HabitatDistribution	HabitatExtent	HabitatOverall	HabitatCondition	HabitatDistribution	HabitatExtent	HabitatOverall	HabitatCondition	HabitatDistribution	HabitatExtent	HabitatOverall	HabitatCondition	HabitatDistribution	HabitatExtent	HabitatOverall	HabitatCondition	HabitatDistribution	HabitatExtent	HabitatOverall	HabitatCondition	HabitatDistribution	HabitatExtent	HabitatOverall	HabitatOverall	HabitatCondition	HabitatDistribution	HabitatExtent	HabitatOverall	HabitatOverall	HabitatOverall	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatDistribution	HabitatExtent	HabitatOverall	HabitatOverall	HabitatOverall	HabitatOverall
Reporting Feature	Shelf sublittoral sand	Shelf sublittoral sand	Shelf sublittoral sand	Shelf sublittoral sand	Shelf sublittoral mud	Shelf sublittoral mud	Shelf sublittoral mud	Shelf sublittoral mud	Shelf sublittoral mixed sediment	Shelf sublittoral mixed sediment	Shelf sublittoral mixed sediment	Shelf sublittoral mixed sediment	Shelf sublittoral coarse sediment	Shelf sublittoral coarse sediment	Shelf sublittoral coarse sediment	Shelf sublittoral coarse sediment	Shallow sublittoral sand	Shallow sublittoral sand	Shallow sublittoral sand	Shallow sublittoral sand	Shallow sublittoral mud	Shallow sublittoral mud	Shallow sublittoral mud	Shallow sublittoral mud	Shallow sublittoral mixed sediment	Shallow sublittoral mixed sediment	Shallow sublittoral mixed sediment	Shallow sublittoral mixed sediment	Shallow sublittoral coarse sediment	Shallow sublittoral coarse sediment	Shallow sublittoral coarse sediment	Shallow sublittoral coarse sediment	Shallow sublittoral coarse sediment	Posidonia oceanica meadows	Posidonia oceanica meadows	Posidonia oceanica meadows	Posidonia oceanica meadows	Posidonia oceanica meadows	Posidonia oceanica meadows	Maerl type sediments	Maerl type sediments	Maerl type sediments	Maerl type sediments	Maerl type sediments	Maerl type sediments	Maerl type sediments	Maerl type sediments
Indicator	6.2.2	1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2	6.2.2	1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2	6.2.2	1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2	6.2.2	1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2	6.2.2	1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2	6.2.2	1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2	6.2.2	1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2	6.2.2	1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2	6.2.1	1.6.1	1.4.1	1.5.1	1.4.1	1.5.1	1.6.1	6.1.2	1.6.1	1.4.1	1.5.1	1.4.1	1.5.1	1.6.1	6.1.2
Threshold Value	According to WFD indicators	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	According to WFD indicators	According to WFD indicators	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	According to WFD indicators	According to WFD indicators	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	According to WFD indicators	According to WFD indicators	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	According to WFD indicators	According to WFD indicators	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	According to WFD indicators	According to WFD indicators	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	According to WFD indicators	According to WFD indicators	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	According to WFD indicators	According to WFD indicators	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	According to WFD indicators	According to WFD indicators	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment
Threshold Unit
Threshold Proportion
Baseline
Status	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Descriptive	Descriptive	Descriptive	Descriptive	Descriptive	Descriptive	NotAssessed	NotAssessed	NotAssessed	NotAssessed	NotAssessed	NotAssessed	NotAssessed	NotAssessed
Status Description																																		Seagrass meadows are considered to be among the most important marine ecosystems, with regard to both ecology and biodiversity and for the services they provide. Recent evidence has indicated a global trajectory of decline for seagrasses with a current loss rate of about 9% yr–1 , although Posidonia oceanica meadows are still the major habitats in eastern Mediterranean Sea.	Seagrass meadows are considered to be among the most important marine ecosystems, with regard to both ecology and biodiversity and for the services they provide. Recent evidence has indicated a global trajectory of decline for seagrasses with a current loss rate of about 9% yr–1 , although Posidonia oceanica meadows are still the major habitats in eastern Mediterranean Sea.	Seagrass meadows are considered to be among the most important marine ecosystems, with regard to both ecology and biodiversity and for the services they provide. Recent evidence has indicated a global trajectory of decline for seagrasses with a current loss rate of about 9% yr–1 , although Posidonia oceanica meadows are still the major habitats in eastern Mediterranean Sea.	Seagrass meadows are considered to be among the most important marine ecosystems, with regard to both ecology and biodiversity and for the services they provide. Recent evidence has indicated a global trajectory of decline for seagrasses with a current loss rate of about 9% yr–1 , although Posidonia oceanica meadows are still the major habitats in eastern Mediterranean Sea.	Seagrass meadows are considered to be among the most important marine ecosystems, with regard to both ecology and biodiversity and for the services they provide. Recent evidence has indicated a global trajectory of decline for seagrasses with a current loss rate of about 9% yr–1 , although Posidonia oceanica meadows are still the major habitats in eastern Mediterranean Sea.	Seagrass meadows are considered to be among the most important marine ecosystems, with regard to both ecology and biodiversity and for the services they provide. Recent evidence has indicated a global trajectory of decline for seagrasses with a current loss rate of about 9% yr–1 , although Posidonia oceanica meadows are still the major habitats in eastern Mediterranean Sea.	Insufficient data	Insufficient data	Insufficient data	Insufficient data	Insufficient data	Insufficient data	Insufficient data	Insufficient data
Status Trend	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Improving	Stable	Stable	Stable	Unknown_NotAssessed	Stable	Stable	Stable	Improving	Stable	Stable	Stable	Unknown_NotAssessed	Stable	Stable	Stable	Improving	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Declining	Declining	Declining	Declining	Declining	Declining	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed
Status Confidence	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant
Topic	FuncGroupAbundance	FuncGroupCondition	FuncGroupOverall	FuncGroupAbundance	FuncGroupCondition	FuncGroupOverall	FuncGroupAbundance	FuncGroupCondition	FuncGroupOverall	FuncGroupAbundance	FuncGroupCondition	FuncGroupOverall	FuncGroupAbundance	FuncGroupCondition	FuncGroupOverall
Reporting Feature	Inshore pelagic-feeding birds	Inshore pelagic-feeding birds	Inshore pelagic-feeding birds	Baleen whales	Baleen whales	Baleen whales	Turtles	Turtles	Turtles	Seals	Seals	Seals	Toothed whales	Toothed whales	Toothed whales
Indicator	4.3.1	1.6.1	1.6.1	4.3.1	1.6.1	1.6.1	4.3.1	1.6.1	1.6.1	4.3.1	1.6.1	1.6.1	4.3.1	1.6.1	1.6.1
Threshold Value							Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment	Qualitative assessment
Threshold Unit
Threshold Proportion
Baseline
Status	NotAssessed	NotAssessed	NotAssessed	NotAssessed	NotAssessed	NotAssessed	Descriptive	Descriptive	Descriptive	Descriptive	Descriptive	Descriptive	NotAssessed	NotAssessed	NotAssessed
Status Description	Insufficient data	Insufficient data	Insufficient data	Insufficient data	Insufficient data	Insufficient data	No decrease of group abundance related to previous years	No deterioration of group composition related to previous years	No deterioration of group composition related to previous years	No decrease of group abundance related to previous years	No deterioration of group composition related to previous years	No deterioration of group composition related to previous years	Insufficient data	Insufficient data	Insufficient data
Status Trend	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed
Status Confidence	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant	NotRelevant

Member State report / Art8 / 2012 / D1-P / Greece / Mediterranean: Aegean-Levantine Sea

It constitutes the assessment area Aegean Sea belonging in the subregion Mediterranean sea:Aegean-Levantine sea

It constitutes the assessment area Central Aegean Sea belonging in the subregion Mediterranean sea:Aegean-Levantine sea

It constitutes the assessment area Levantine Sea belonging in the subregion Mediterranean sea:Aegean-Levantine sea

It constitutes the assessment area North Aegean Sea belonging in the subregion Mediterranean sea:Aegean-Levantine sea

It constitutes the assessment area South Aegean Sea belonging in the subregion Mediterranean sea:Aegean-Levantine sea

Hellenic Republic's marine waters part of the Aegean-Levantine subregion