MS/Art8/2012/D6/Latvia/Baltic Sea — Marine Information System for Europe

Report type	Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article	Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due	2012-10-15
GES Descriptor	D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats
Member State	Latvia
Region/subregion	Baltic Sea
Reported by	Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology
Report date	2013-04-30
Report access	MSFD8aFeatures_20130430.xml HTML Factsheet

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Topic	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition
Reporting Feature	MarineCoast	MarineCoast	MarineCoast	MarineCoast	MarineCoast	ShallSand
Indicator	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.6.2	1.6.3	6.2.2
Threshold Value	8	0.6	4.5	320	1.6	4
Threshold Unit	(μmol/l)	(μmol/l)	m	(mg/m3)	(μg/l)	BQI value
Threshold Proportion	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999
Baseline	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed
Status	NotGood	NotGood	NotGood	NotGood	NotGood	NotAssessed
Status Description						lack of data, lack of established methods
Status Trend	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed
Status Confidence	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low

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Topic	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition
Reporting Feature	MarineCoast	MarineCoast	MarineCoast	MarineCoast	MarineCoast	ShallSand
Indicator	1.6.2	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.6.3	6.2.2
Threshold Value	320	1.6	8	0.6	4.5	4
Threshold Unit	(mg/m3)	(μg/l)	(μmol/l)	(μmol/l)	m	BQI value
Threshold Proportion	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999
Baseline	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed
Status	NotGood	NotGood	NotGood	NotGood	NotGood	NotAssessed
Status Description						lack of data, lack of established methods
Status Trend	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed
Status Confidence	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low

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Topic	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition
Reporting Feature	ShallSand	VarSalinity	VarSalinity	VarSalinity	VarSalinity	VarSalinity
Indicator	6.2.2	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.6.2
Threshold Value	4.5	3	0.9	14	5.8	430
Threshold Unit	BQI value	m	(μmol/l)	(μmol/l)	(μg/l)	(mg/m3)
Threshold Proportion	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999
Baseline	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed
Status	Good	NotGood	NotGood	NotGood	NotGood	NotGood
Status Description		Lack of data, lack of established methods	Lack of data, lack of established methods	Lack of data, lack of established methods	Lack of data, lack of established methods	Lack of data, lack of established methods
Status Trend	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed
Status Confidence	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
Topic	FuncGroupCondition
Reporting Feature	Zoobentoss
Indicator	1.6.1
Threshold Value	4.5
Threshold Unit	BQI value
Threshold Proportion	-9999
Baseline	Not Assessed
Status	Good
Status Description
Status Trend	Unknown_NotAssessed
Status Confidence	Moderate

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Topic	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition	HabitatCondition
Reporting Feature	MarineShelf	MarineShelf	MarineShelf	MarineShelf	MarineShelf	ShelfMud
Indicator	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.6.2	6.2.2
Threshold Value	11	0.75	4	2.7	290	4
Threshold Unit	(μmol/l)	(μmol/l)	m	(μg/l)	(mg/m3)	BQI value
Threshold Proportion	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999
Baseline	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed	Not Assessed
Status	NotGood	NotGood	NotGood	NotGood	NotGood	NotAssessed
Status Description	lack of data, lack of established methods	lack of data, lack of established methods	lack of data, lack of established methods	lack of data, lack of established methods	lack of data, lack of established methods	lack of data, lack of established methods
Status Trend	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed	Unknown_NotAssessed
Status Confidence	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low