Member State report / Art10 / 2018 / D5 / Poland / Baltic Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 10 Environmental targets (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D5 Eutrophication
Member State Poland
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by National Water Management Authority
Report date 2020-01-28
Report access ART10_Targets_PL.xml

Target code
PL_Target_D5
PL_Target_D5C1
PL_Target_D5C2
PL_Target_D5C2
PL_Target_D5C2
PL_Target_D5C3
PL_Target_D5C3
PL_Target_D5C4
PL_Target_D5C5
PL_Target_D5C5
PL_Target_D5C6
PL_Target_D5C6
PL_Target_D5C6
PL_Target_D5C7
PL_Target_D5C7
PL_Target_D5C7
PL_Target_D5C8
Target description
Maintaining the annual nitrogen and phosphorus loads from rivers and in the form of atmospheric deposition into the Baltic Sea below the Maximum Allowable Input (MAI) established under the regional arrangements (HELCOM), which will allow the nutrient concentration in the sea to be reduced to a level not exceeding the threshold values that are in line with existing national and European Union recommendations and which guarantee the achievement or maintenance of good environmental status and do not cause adverse effects in the form of excessive algae growth, elevated concentrations of chlorophyll "a" in the water column, lowering the seawater transparency and the level of bottom water oxygenation, which in turn favors the proper development of pelagic and benthic habitats
Maintaining the current decreasing trend of changes in the level of annual nitrogen and phosphorus loads to the Baltic Sea from the Vistula, Oder, Pomeranian and coastal rivers, and decreasing tendency of nitrogen and phosphorus atmospheric deposition to achieve a reduction in nutrient concentrations to levels not exceeding the thresholds that are in line with recommendations of currently valid national and international legal acts and which guarantee the achievement or maintenance of good environmental status.
Maintaining the decreasing trend of nitrogen and phosphorus input to the sea influencing the limitation of excessive algae growth and, as a consequence, lowering the concentration of chlorophyll "a" in the water column below the acceptable threshold values, which are in line with the recommendations of currently valid national and international legal acts.
Maintaining the decreasing trend of nitrogen and phosphorus input to the sea influencing the limitation of excessive algae growth and, as a consequence, lowering the concentration of chlorophyll "a" in the water column below the acceptable threshold values, which are in line with the recommendations of currently valid national and international legal acts.
Maintaining the decreasing trend of nitrogen and phosphorus input to the sea influencing the limitation of excessive algae growth and, as a consequence, lowering the concentration of chlorophyll "a" in the water column below the acceptable threshold values, which are in line with the recommendations of currently valid national and international legal acts.
Maintaining the decreasing trend of the input of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds to the sea to limit the excessive development of plankton, including toxic cyanobacteria blooms.
Maintaining the decreasing trend of the input of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds to the sea to limit the excessive development of plankton, including toxic cyanobacteria blooms.
Maintaining the decreasing trend of nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matter input into the sea resulting in the lack of reduction of seawater transparency below acceptable threshold values, which are consistent with the recommendations of currently valid national and international legal acts, leading to disrupt the development of underwater vegetation
Achieving a higher level of oxygenation of bottom waters, especially in the deep sea zone as a result of maintaining a decreasing trend of nitrogen and phosphorus input to the sea, which will result in reduction in conditions causing the increase of oxygen consumption in bottom waters, mainly an excessive increase in the production of organic matter, which will result in lack of negative impacts on organisms living on the seabed and in adjacent waters and will limit the occurrence of internal recurrent enrichment of the ecosystem with phosphorus released from sediments.
Achieving a higher level of oxygenation of bottom waters, especially in the deep sea zone as a result of maintaining a decreasing trend of nitrogen and phosphorus input to the sea, which will result in reduction in conditions causing the increase of oxygen consumption in bottom waters, mainly an excessive increase in the production of organic matter, which will result in lack of negative impacts on organisms living on the seabed and in adjacent waters and will limit the occurrence of internal recurrent enrichment of the ecosystem with phosphorus released from sediments.
Limiting the excessive growth of opportunistic macroalgae, leading to disturbance of balance in benthic communities by maintaining a decreasing trend of input of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds to the sea.
Limiting the excessive growth of opportunistic macroalgae, leading to disturbance of balance in benthic communities by maintaining a decreasing trend of input of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds to the sea.
Limiting the excessive growth of opportunistic macroalgae, leading to disturbance of balance in benthic communities by maintaining a decreasing trend of input of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds to the sea.
Maintaining the decreasing trend of nitrogen and phosphorus input to the sea in order to reduce the adverse effects of reduced water transparency and oxygenation of bottom waters, which will result in increased share of long-living species in the structure of macrophytes in the places of their existence and increased depth of their occurrence.
Maintaining the decreasing trend of nitrogen and phosphorus input to the sea in order to reduce the adverse effects of reduced water transparency and oxygenation of bottom waters, which will result in increased share of long-living species in the structure of macrophytes in the places of their existence and increased depth of their occurrence.
Maintaining the decreasing trend of nitrogen and phosphorus input to the sea in order to reduce the adverse effects of reduced water transparency and oxygenation of bottom waters, which will result in increased share of long-living species in the structure of macrophytes in the places of their existence and increased depth of their occurrence.
Maintaining the decreasing trend of nitrogen and phosphorus input in order to achieve the improvement of the macrozoobenthos communities in the sea.
Feature(s)
  • All marine ecosystem elements
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
GES components
  • D5
  • D5
  • D5C1 Nutrient concentrations (5.1, 5.1.1)
  • D1C6 Pelagic habitat condition (1.5.2, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3)
  • D5
  • D5C2 Chlorophyll-a concentration (5.2.1)
  • D1C6 Pelagic habitat condition (1.5.2, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3)
  • D5
  • D5C2 Chlorophyll-a concentration (5.2.1)
  • D1C6 Pelagic habitat condition (1.5.2, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3)
  • D5
  • D5C2 Chlorophyll-a concentration (5.2.1)
  • D5
  • D5C3 Harmful algal blooms (5.2.4)
  • D5
  • D5C3 Harmful algal blooms (5.2.4)
  • D5
  • D5C4 Photic limit (5.2.2)
  • D5
  • D5C5 Dissolved oxygen concentration (5.3.2)
  • D5
  • D5C5 Dissolved oxygen concentration (5.3.2)
  • D5
  • D5C6 Opportunistic macroalgae of benthic habitats (5.2.3)
  • D5
  • D5C6 Opportunistic macroalgae of benthic habitats (5.2.3)
  • D5
  • D5C6 Opportunistic macroalgae of benthic habitats (5.2.3)
  • D5
  • D5C7 Macrophyte communities of benthic habitats (5.3.1)
  • D5
  • D5C7 Macrophyte communities of benthic habitats (5.3.1)
  • D5
  • D5C7 Macrophyte communities of benthic habitats (5.3.1)
  • D5
  • D5C8 Macrofaunal communities of benthic habitats
Timescale
202212
202212
202212
202212
202212
202212
202212
202212
202212
202212
202212
202212
202212
202212
202212
202212
202212
Update date
201809
201809
201809
201809
201809
201809
201809
201809
201809
201809
201809
201809
201809
201809
201809
201809
201809
Update type
New target
New target
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New target
New target
New target
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Marine reporting unit
  • L2-SEA-007-POL
  • L2-SEA-008-POL
  • L2-SEA-009-POL
  • L4-POL-001
  • L4-POL-002
  • L4-POL-003
  • L4-POL-004
  • L4-POL-005
  • L4-POL-006
  • L4-POL-007
  • L4-POL-008
  • L4-POL-009
  • L4-POL-010
  • L4-POL-011
  • L4-POL-012
  • L4-POL-013
  • L4-POL-014
  • L4-POL-015
  • L4-POL-016
  • L4-POL-017
  • L4-POL-018
  • L4-POL-019
  • L2-SEA-007-POL
  • L2-SEA-008-POL
  • L2-SEA-009-POL
  • L4-POL-001
  • L4-POL-002
  • L4-POL-003
  • L4-POL-004
  • L4-POL-005
  • L4-POL-006
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  • L4-POL-009
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  • L4-POL-013
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  • L4-POL-006
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  • L4-POL-015
  • L4-POL-016
  • L4-POL-017
  • L4-POL-018
  • L4-POL-019
  • L4-POL-001
  • L4-POL-002
  • L4-POL-003
  • L2-SEA-007-POL
  • L4-POL-004
  • L4-POL-005
  • L4-POL-007
  • L2-SEA-008-POL
  • L2-SEA-009-POL
  • L4-POL-006
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  • L4-POL-011
  • L4-POL-012
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  • L4-POL-014
  • L4-POL-015
  • L4-POL-016
  • L4-POL-017
  • L4-POL-018
  • L4-POL-019
  • L4-POL-001
  • L4-POL-002
  • L4-POL-003
  • L2-SEA-007-POL
  • L2-SEA-008-POL
  • L2-SEA-009-POL
  • L4-POL-001
  • L4-POL-002
  • L4-POL-003
  • L4-POL-004
  • L4-POL-005
  • L4-POL-006
  • L4-POL-007
  • L4-POL-008
  • L4-POL-009
  • L4-POL-010
  • L4-POL-011
  • L4-POL-012
  • L4-POL-013
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  • L4-POL-016
  • L4-POL-017
  • L4-POL-018
  • L4-POL-019
Element
Element 2
Parameter
Other
Concentration in water
Concentration in water
Concentration in water
Concentration in water
Other
Other
Transparency in water
Concentration in water
Concentration in water
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Parameter - other
Nutrient load
Cyanobacteria bloom index
Cyanobacteria bloom index
macrophyte index
macrophyte index
macrophyte index
macrophyte index
macrophyte index
macrophyte index
B index
Target value
Value achieved - upper
Value achieved - lower
Value unit
Value unit - other
Target status
Assessment period
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
Target assessment description
Maintaining the annual nitrogen and phosphorus loads from rivers and in the form of atmospheric deposition into the Baltic Sea below the Maximum Allowable Input (MAI) established under the regional arrangements (HELCOM).
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for nutrients in all marine units.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for chlorophyll a in all marine units.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for chlorophyll a in all marine units.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for chlorophyll a in all marine units.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for CyaBl index in all marine units.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for CyaBl index in all marine units.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for water transparency in all marine units.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for oxygen debt in open sea areas and min bottom oxygen concentration in summer for coastal and transitional waterbodies.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for oxygen debt in open sea areas and min bottom oxygen concentration in summer for coastal and transitional waterbodies.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for SM1 index in open sea and coastal areas and ESMIz index in transitional waterbodies.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for SM1 index in open sea and coastal areas and ESMIz index in transitional waterbodies.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for SM1 index in open sea and coastal areas and ESMIz index in transitional waterbodies.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for SM1 index in open sea and coastal areas and ESMIz index in transitional waterbodies.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for SM1 index in open sea and coastal areas and ESMIz index in transitional waterbodies.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for SM1 index in open sea and coastal areas and ESMIz index in transitional waterbodies.
The target is to achieve threshold values of GES for macrozoobenthos B index in all marine areas.
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