Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D4 / Italy / Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems
Member State Italy
Region/subregion Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea
Reported by ISPRA - Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
Report date 2020-10-01
Report access MSFD_2018_ART9_GES_IT_2020-07-31.xml

GES component
D4
D4C1
D4C2
D4C3
D4C4
Marine reporting units
  • IT-AS-0001
  • IT-AS-0001
Features
  • Ecosystems, including food webs
  • Ecosystems, including food webs
GES description
G 4.1 The diversity of selected domestic trophic guilds of at least primary producers (phytoplankton), demersal mesopredatory (fish species) and top predators is not significantly adversely affected due to anthropogenic pressures.
G 4.2 The balance of (or proxied) biomass between selected trophic guilds of at least primary producers (e.g. phytoplankton), demersal mesopredatory (fish species) and top predators is not significantly adversely affected due to anthropogenic pressures.
Determination date
201812
201812
Update type
New determination
New determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements