MS/Art8/2018/D6/Latvia/Baltic Sea

Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D6 / Latvia / Baltic Sea

Report type	Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article	Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due	2018-10-15
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	2019-04-11
Report access	msfd2018-ART8_GES.xml

Latvijas jūras ūdeņi (BAL-LV-AAA-006)

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GES component	D6	D6	D6	D6
Feature	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats
Element			Infralittoral sand	Infralittoral sand
Element code			HabBenInfralitSand	HabBenInfralitSand
Element code source			Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source			National	National
Criterion	D6C1	D6C2	D6C3	D6C4
Parameter	Extent
Parameter other
Threshold value upper	97.0
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source	National
Threshold value source other
Value achieved upper	98.44
Value achieved lower
Value unit	Other
Value unit other	percentage
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend	Unknown
Parameter achieved	Yes
Description parameter
Related indicator	Loss of benthic habitats
Criteria status	Good	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Description criteria
Element status			Not assessed	Not assessed
Description element
Integration rule type parameter	SPATIAL	SPATIAL	SPATIAL	SPATIAL
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria	SPATIAL	SPATIAL	SPATIAL	SPATIAL
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold	97.00	97.00	97.00	97.00
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved
Description overall status
Assessments period	2011-2016	2011-2016	2011-2016	2011-2016
Related pressures	Physical loss of the seabed	Physical loss of the seabed	Physical loss of the seabed	Physical loss of the seabed
Related targets	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1

Baltijas jūras ūdeņi (BAL-LV-AAA-007)

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GES component	D6	D6	D6	D6
Feature	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats
Element	Circalittoral sand	Infralittoral coarse sediment	Infralittoral mixed sediment	Infralittoral sand
Element code	HabBenCircalitSand	HabBenInfralitCoarSed	HabBenInfralitMxdSed	HabBenInfralitSand
Element code source	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM
Criterion	D6C5	D6C5	D6C5	D6C5
Parameter	Habitat condition	Habitat condition	Habitat condition	Habitat condition
Parameter other
Threshold value upper
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source	National	National	National	National
Threshold value source other
Value achieved upper
Value achieved lower
Value unit	Other	Other	Other	Other
Value unit other	ratio	ratio	ratio	ratio
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Parameter achieved	No	No	No	No
Description parameter
Related indicator	BQI of benthic habitat type	BQI of benthic habitat type	BQI of benthic habitat type	BQI of benthic habitat type
Criteria status	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good
Description criteria
Element status	Not good	Not good	Good	Good
Description element
Integration rule type parameter	NHIE_NWEI	NHIE_NWEI	NHIE_NWEI	NHIE_NWEI
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved	GES expected to be achieved by 2020	GES expected to be achieved by 2020	GES expected to be achieved by 2020	GES expected to be achieved by 2020
Description overall status
Assessments period	2011-2016	2011-2016	2011-2016	2011-2016
Related pressures	Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition Physical disturbance to seabed	Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition Physical disturbance to seabed	Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition Physical disturbance to seabed	Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition Physical disturbance to seabed
Related targets	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1

Rīgas līča ūdeņi (BAL-LV-AAA-009)

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GES component	D6	D6	D6	D6
Feature	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats
Element	Circalittoral mixed sediment	Circalittoral mud	Circalittoral sand	Infralittoral sand
Element code	HabBenCircalitMxdSed	HabBenCircalitMud	HabBenCircalitSand	HabBenInfralitSand
Element code source	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM
Criterion	D6C5	D6C5	D6C5	D6C5
Parameter	Habitat condition	Habitat condition	Habitat condition	Habitat condition
Parameter other
Threshold value upper
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source	National	National	National	National
Threshold value source other
Value achieved upper
Value achieved lower
Value unit	Other	Other	Other	Other
Value unit other	ratio	ratio	ratio	ratio
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Parameter achieved	No	No	No	No
Description parameter
Related indicator	BQI of benthic habitat type	BQI of benthic habitat type	BQI of benthic habitat type	BQI of benthic habitat type
Criteria status	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good
Description criteria
Element status	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good
Description element
Integration rule type parameter	NHIE_NWEI	NHIE_NWEI	NHIE_NWEI	NHIE_NWEI
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved	GES expected to be achieved by 2020	GES expected to be achieved by 2020	GES expected to be achieved by 2020	GES expected to be achieved by 2020
Description overall status
Assessments period	2011-2016	2011-2016	2011-2016	2011-2016
Related pressures	Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition Physical disturbance to seabed	Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition Physical disturbance to seabed	Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition Physical disturbance to seabed	Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition Physical disturbance to seabed
Related targets	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1