Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D7 / 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 | D7 Hydrographical changes |
| 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 | Habitats |
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| Features | Physical and hydrological |
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| Element | Benthic habitats |
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| Element | Salinity |
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| Element | Changes in current regime |
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| Element | Changes in salinity regime |
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| Element | Changes in seabed substrate |
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| Element | Changes in thermal regime |
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| Element | Changes in tide regime |
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| Element | Changes in turbidity regime |
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| Element | Changes in waves regime |
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| Element | Circalittoral coarse sediment |
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| Element | Circalittoral mixed sediment |
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| Element | Circalittoral mud |
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| Element | Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef |
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| Element | Circalittoral sand |
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| Element | Infralittoral coarse sediment |
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| Element | Infralittoral mixed sediment |
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| Element | Infralittoral mud |
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| Element | Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef |
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| Element | Infralittoral sand |
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| Element | Littoral sediment |
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| Element | Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment |
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| Element | Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment |
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| Element | Offshore circalittoral mud |
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| Element | Offshore circalittoral rock and biogenic reef |
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| Element | Offshore circalittoral sand |
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| Element | Water temperature |
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| Element sources | No. of elements per level |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D7 Hydrographical changes | ||||||||||
| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D7C1 Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.1, 7.1.1) |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D7C2 Adverse effects from permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.2, 7.2.1, 7.2.2) |
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| Threshold values | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 0% (0) |
0% (0) |
50% (1) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
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0% (0) |
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| Threshold value sources | D7 Hydrographical changes | ||||||||||
| Threshold value sources | D7C1 Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.1, 7.1.1) |
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| Threshold value sources | D7C2 Adverse effects from permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.2, 7.2.1, 7.2.2) |
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| Value achieved upper | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 100% (6) |
0% (0) |
50% (1) |
100% (3) |
0% (0) |
100% (1) |
0% (0) |
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| Value achieved lower | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 100% (6) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D7 Hydrographical changes | ||||||||||
| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D7C1 Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.1, 7.1.1) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D7C2 Adverse effects from permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.2, 7.2.1, 7.2.2) |
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| Proportion threshold values | Range of % values (no. of parameters) | Range: 100-100% (1 of 2 parameters) |
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| Proportion values achieved | Range of % values (no. of parameters) | Range: 100-100% (1 of 2 parameters) |
Range: 99-99% (2 of 3 parameters) |
Range: 3-38461% (164 of 183 parameters) |
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| Proportion threshold value units | % area of MRU achieving threshold value extent in km2 of pressure |
% area of habitat achieving threshold value |
extent in km2 of habitat adversely affected extent in km2 of pressure |
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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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| 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 (6 or 100.0%) |
OTH (2 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (3 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (183 or 100.0%) |
SPATIAL (2 or 100.0%) |
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| Integration rule description for parameters |
Thresholds have not yet been established in relation to hydrographic changes, and there is therefore not a sufficient basis for assessing when good environmental conditions are achieved.
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No integration
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| Integration rule type for criteria | Not relevant (6 or 100.0%) |
OTH (2 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (3 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (183 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (6 or 100.0%) |
OTH (2 or 100.0%) |
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| Integration rule description for criteria |
Thresholds have not yet been established in relation to hydrographic changes, and there is therefore not a sufficient basis for assessing when good environmental conditions are achieved.
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No integration
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According to the new metrics, it is only with the finalisation of the programme cycle and measures that the spatial extent (Km2) of the permanent changes can be assessed in the meantime, but it is not necessary to assess whether good environmental status is achieved or not (OINONEN et al., 2016, ABP Mer, 2017). According to Commission Decision 848/2017/EU, the physical loss is defined as a permanent change in the seabed which lasted or could last for two reporting cycles (12 years). The assessment of GES is restricted to the subdivision of the mainland as the pressures identified continue, as in the initial report, to have a very limited area of interference in view of the extent of the area under review.
D7C1 and D7C2 were integrated through expert judgment in the absence of evidence of affected habitats and because there were no changes compared to the initial 2012 report (criterion D7C2). |
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| GES achieved | Benthic broad habitats |
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| GES achieved | Hydrographical changes |
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| Assessment period | 1983-2016 (6 or 100.0%) |
2011-2016 (8 or 100.0%) |
2012-2018 (2 or 100.0%) |
2011-2016 (3 or 100.0%) |
2012-2018 (183 or 100.0%) |
2014-2018 (1 or 100.0%) |
2012-2018 (6 or 100.0%) |
2012-2018 (10 or 76.9%) 2013-2018 (2 or 15.4%) 2014-2018 (1 or 7.7%) |
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| Related pressures |
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| Related targets | 2 |
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