Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D4 / North East Atlantic
Report type | Member State report to Commission |
MSFD Article | Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates) |
Report due | 2018-10-15 |
GES Descriptor | D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems |
Region/subregion | North East Atlantic |
Reported by | Member state |
Member state | Sweden |
Denmark |
Germany |
Netherlands |
Belgium |
France |
United Kingdom |
Ireland |
Spain |
Portugal |
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Marine reporting units | MRUs used |
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Features | Ecosystems, including food webs |
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Element | All trophic guilds |
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Element | Primary producers |
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Element | Secondary producers |
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Element | Planktivores |
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Element | Sub-apex pelagic predators |
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Element | Sub-apex demersal predators |
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Element | Apex predators |
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Element | All consumers |
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Element | Fish community |
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Element | Phytoplankton |
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Element sources | No. of elements per level |
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Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems | ||||||||||
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D4C1 Trophic guild species diversity (1.7, 1.7.1) |
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Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D4C2 Abundance across trophic guilds (1.7, 1.7.1, 4.3, 4.3.1) |
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Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D4C3 Trophic guild size distribution (4.2, 4.2.1) |
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Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D4C4 Trophic guild productivity (4.1, 4.1.1) |
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Threshold values | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
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Threshold value sources | D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems | ||||||||||
Threshold value sources | D4C1 Trophic guild species diversity (1.7, 1.7.1) | ||||||||||
Threshold value sources | D4C2 Abundance across trophic guilds (1.7, 1.7.1, 4.3, 4.3.1) | ||||||||||
Threshold value sources | D4C3 Trophic guild size distribution (4.2, 4.2.1) |
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Threshold value sources | D4C4 Trophic guild productivity (4.1, 4.1.1) | ||||||||||
Value achieved upper | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 0% (0) |
28% (2) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
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0% (0) |
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Value achieved lower | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 0% (0) |
14% (1) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
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Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems | ||||||||||
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D4C1 Trophic guild species diversity (1.7, 1.7.1) |
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Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D4C2 Abundance across trophic guilds (1.7, 1.7.1, 4.3, 4.3.1) |
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Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D4C3 Trophic guild size distribution (4.2, 4.2.1) |
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Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D4C4 Trophic guild productivity (4.1, 4.1.1) | ||||||||||
Proportion threshold values | Range of % values (no. of parameters) | Range: 100-100% (1 of 1 parameters) |
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Proportion values achieved | Range of % values (no. of parameters) | ||||||||||
Proportion threshold value units | % area of MRU achieving threshold value |
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Trends | No. of trends per category |
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Parameters achieved | No. of parameters per category |
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Related indicators |
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Criteria status | No. of criteria per category |
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Element status | No. of elements per category |
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Integration rule type for parameters | Not relevant (3 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (7 or 100.0%) |
OTH (1 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (12 or 100.0%) |
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Integration rule description for parameters | Integration has not been applied Integration has not been applied within trophic levels |
No integration
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Integration rule type for criteria | Not relevant (3 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (7 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (4 or 100.0%) |
OTH (1 or 100.0%) |
SPATIAL (2 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (12 or 100.0%) |
OOAO (46 or 100.0%) |
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Integration rule description for criteria | The assessment for D4 at criteria level is not done quantitatively due to lack of integration methods. |
Integration has not been applied |
No integration
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GES achieved | Coastal ecosystem |
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GES achieved | Shelf ecosystem |
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GES achieved | Ecosystems, including food webs |
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Assessment period | 2011-2016 (3 or 100.0%) |
2012-2018 (7 or 100.0%) |
2012-2018 (4 or 100.0%) |
1983-2016 (1 or 100.0%) |
1958-2014 (2 or 100.0%) |
2012-2017 (4 or 33.3%) 2012-2018 (8 or 66.7%) |
2012-2017 (46 or 100.0%) |
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Related pressures |
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Related targets | 7 |
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50 |