Member State report / Art8 / 2012 / D8 / Lithuania / Baltic 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 | D8 Contaminants |
| Member State | Lithuania |
| Region/subregion | Baltic Sea |
| Reported by | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Report date | 2013-04-15 |
| Report access | BALLT_MSFD8bPressures_20130423.xml |
Coastal waters (including transitional waters regarding descriptors and associated indicators that is not covered by WFD)
Transitional waters
LT marine waters (all marine waters)
GES component |
D8C3 Significant acute pollution events (8.2.2) |
D8C3 Significant acute pollution events (8.2.2) |
D8C3 Significant acute pollution events (8.2.2) |
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Feature |
LevelPressure |
LevelPressureContaminant |
ImpactPressureSeabedHabitats |
ImpactPressureFunctionalGroup |
Assessment Topic |
PollutionEvents8_2_2
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PollutionEventsSeabedHabitats8_2_2
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PollutionEventsFunctionalGroups8_2_2
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Element |
HabitatsOther |
BirdsAll |
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Element 2 |
Atviras bangoms smėlėtas dugnas su Macoma balthica |
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ThresholdValue |
1 Policikliniai aromatiniai angliavandeniliai dugno nuosėdose ir 0,2 Naftos angliavandeniliai vandenyje
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-9999
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-9999
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Threshold value/Value unit |
mg/kg s.sv. Ir mg/l.
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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Proportion threshold value |
100 |
100 |
100 |
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Status of criteria/indicator |
NotGood |
NotGood |
NotGood |
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Status trend |
Stable |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
Declining |
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Status confidence |
Moderate |
NotRelevant |
Low |
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Description (status of criteria/indicator) |
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Limitations |
Insufficient data analysis
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Insufficient data
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Insufficient data
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Insufficient data
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Assessment period |
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Description |
Oill spills occurrence is very patchy and mostly found within harbour area and shipping lines or berth. |
The oil concentration in the water was negatively correltaed with biomass of redalga after the catastrophic crude oil spill
from the tanker „Globe Assimi” in 1981 (Korolev et al., 1993). |
Unknown_NotAssessed
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seabird and fish mortality or oiled individuals.
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Input load |
240
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lessthan1%
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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4
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Load unit |
8
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Confidence |
Moderate
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Moderate
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Non related GES component
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Moderate
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Trends (recent) |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
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Trends (future) |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
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Description (activities) |
Main port activities, shipping, Būtingė oil terminal buoy
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Main port activities, shipping, Būtingė oil terminal buoy
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Main port activities, shipping, Būtingė oil terminal buoy
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Main port activities, shipping, Būtingė oil terminal buoy
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Activity type |
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Information gaps |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework |