Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D1-P / Portugal / NE Atlantic: Macaronesia
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates) |
| Report due | 2018-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D1 Pelagic habitats |
| Member State | Portugal |
| Region/subregion | NE Atlantic: Macaronesia |
| Reported by | DGRM |
| Report date | 2021-03-03 |
| Report access | ART8_GES_PT_setembro2020.xml |
Azores Subdivision (AMA-PT-SD-AZO)
GES component |
D1-P
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Feature |
Pelagic broad habitats
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Element |
Chlorophyll-a |
Diatoms/Dinoflagellates biomass ratio |
Mesozooplancton Biomass |
Element code |
EEA_3164-01-0 |
Combined_I |
HabPelagCoastal |
Element code source |
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
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Undefined
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Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view
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MS in (sub)region |
MS in (sub)region |
MS in (sub)region |
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Description element |
AMA-PT-AZO-PH-Chl-a indicator: Estimates of chlorophyll-a concentration between 2003-2013 were taken from the study by Amorim et al. (2017) for the entire sub-region and the data reported for the ICES ecoregion of the Azores (2003-2018), but which covers only part of the northern zone of the Azor...
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AMA-PT-AZO-PH-Phyto indicator - PelagicHabitatDiatomDinoflagellateRatio: Point-in-time studies of phytoplankton communities in the Azores (Botelho 2015, Santos et al., 2013; Silva et al. 2013) point to a seasonal prevalence of diatoms in spring / beginning of summer in relation to dinoflagellates...
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Indicator AMA-PT-AZO-PH-Zoo - PelagicHabitatMesozooplanktonBiovolume: There are few studies of zooplankton in situ in the Azores, which in addition to their periodic and localized character, do not follow standardized methodologies and are outside the timeframe of the 2nd MSFD reporting cycle. Th...
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GES achieved |
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Description overall status |
The information available to characterise pelagic habitats in the period 2012-2018 is very low. There are no time series to define the terms of reference for the assessment of GES, and in particular to distinguish natural changes from anthropogenic sources, so the same was considered unknown.
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Assessments period |
2012-2018 |
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