MS/Art8/2012/D1-P/Greece/Mediterranean: Ionian Sea & Central Mediterranean Sea

Member State report / Art8 / 2012 / D1-P / Greece / Mediterranean: Ionian Sea & Central Mediterranean 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: Ionian Sea & Central Mediterranean Sea
Reported by	Dept of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, Greece, University of Creete, Biology Department, Faculty of Geology and Geo-Environment, University of Athens, Greece
Report date	2012-10-15
Report access	MICGR_MSFD8aFeatures_20130430.xml HTML Factsheet

Hellenic Republic's MS marine waters part of the Ionian Sea and the Central Mediterranean Sea subregion

Simplified table

Topic	FuncGroupAbundance	FuncGroupCondition	FuncGroupOverall	FuncGroupAbundance	FuncGroupCondition	FuncGroupOverall	FuncGroupAbundance	FuncGroupCondition	FuncGroupOverall	FuncGroupAbundance	FuncGroupCondition	FuncGroupOverall	FuncGroupAbundance	FuncGroupCondition	FuncGroupOverall
Reporting Feature	Inshore pelagic-feeding birds			Baleen whales			Turtles			Seals			Toothed whales
Indicator	4.3.1	1.6.1		4.3.1	1.6.1		4.3.1	1.6.1		4.3.1	1.6.1		4.3.1	1.6.1
Threshold Value							Qualitative assessment
Threshold Unit
Threshold Proportion
Baseline
Status	NotAssessed						Descriptive						NotAssessed
Status Description	Insufficient data						No decrease of group abundance 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		Insufficient data
Status Trend	Unknown_NotAssessed
Status Confidence	NotRelevant
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	HabitatCondition	HabitatDistribution	HabitatExtent	HabitatOverall
Reporting Feature	Posidonia oceanica meadows						Shallow sublittoral sand				Shallow sublittoral mixed sediment				Shallow sublittoral coarse sediment					Shallow sublittoral mud				Shelf sublittoral mud				Shelf sublittoral mixed sediment				Shelf sublittoral sand				Shelf sublittoral coarse sediment
Indicator	1.6.1	1.4.1	1.5.1	1.4.1	1.5.1	1.6.1	6.2.2	1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2		1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2		1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2	6.2.1	6.2.2	1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2		1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2		1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2		1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2		1.4.1	1.5.1	6.2.2
Threshold Value	Qualitative assessment						According to WFD indicators	Qualitative assessment		According to WFD indicators		Qualitative assessment		According to WFD indicators		Qualitative assessment		According to WFD indicators			Qualitative assessment		According to WFD indicators		Qualitative assessment		According to WFD indicators		Qualitative assessment		According to WFD indicators		Qualitative assessment		According to WFD indicators		Qualitative assessment		According to WFD indicators
Threshold Unit
Threshold Proportion
Baseline
Status	Descriptive						Good
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.
Status Trend	Declining						Unknown_NotAssessed	Stable			Unknown_NotAssessed	Stable			Improving	Stable				Improving	Stable															Improving	Stable
Status Confidence	Low