Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D1-P / Baltic

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
Region/subregion Baltic
Reported by Member state
Member state
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Member state report
Marine reporting units MRUs used
  • BAL-FI-AS
  • BAL-FI-BB
  • BAL-FI-BS
  • BAL-FI-GF
  • BAL-FI-NB
  • BAL-FI-QK
  • BAL-EE-EGB-OFFSHORE
  • BAL-EE-GF-OFFSHORE
  • BAL-EE-GR-COASTAL
  • BAL-EE-GR-OFFSHORE
  • BAL-EE-NBP-OFFSHORE
  • BAL-GF-EE-EEEE_01
  • BAL-GF-EE-EEEE_05
  • BAL-LV-AAA-006
  • 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
  • BALDE_CW
  • BALDE_CW_D5_AB_B2
  • BALDE_CW_D5_AB_B3
  • BALDE_CW_D5_BB_B2
  • BALDE_CW_D5_BB_B3
  • BALDE_CW_D5_GB_B3
  • BALDE_CW_D5_KB_B2
  • BALDE_CW_D5_KB_B3
  • BALDE_CW_D5_MB_B2
  • BALDE_CW_D5_MB_B3
  • BALDE_MS
  • BALDE_OFFSHORE_AB
  • BALDE_OFFSHORE_BB
  • BALDE_OFFSHORE_KB
  • BALDE_OFFSHORE_MB
  • DK-TOTAL-part-BAL
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_Alands_hav
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_Arkonahavet_och_S_Oresund
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_Bornholmshavet_och_Hanobukten
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_Bottenhavet
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_Bottenviken
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_N_Gotlandshavet
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_N_Kvarken
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_O_Gotlandshavet
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_V_Gotlandshavet
  • BAL-SE-AA-U_V_Gotlandshavet
Features Habitats
  • Pelagic broad habitats (16)
  • Pelagic broad habitats (14)
  • Pelagic broad habitats (1)
  • Pelagic broad habitats (29)
  • Pelagic broad habitats (30)
  • Pelagic broad habitats (2)
  • Pelagic broad habitats (28)
Element Variable salinity
  • D1C6 (9)
Element Coastal
  • D1C6 (16)
  • D1C6 (14)
  • D1C6 (1)
  • D1C6 (10)
  • D1C6 (5)
  • None (4)
Element Shelf
  • D1C6 (10)
  • D1C6 (19)
Element Chlorophyll-a
  • D1C6 (5)
Element Cyanobacterial bloom index: Cyanobacterial biomass+cyanobacteria surface accumulations
  • D1C6 (4)
Element Diatoms/Dinofflagelates biomass ratio
  • D1C6 (4)
Element Phytoplankton
  • D1C6 (11)
  • D1C6 (1)
Element Zooplankton Mean Size and Total Stock
  • D1C6 (5)
  • D1C6 (1)
Element diatoms/dinofflagelates biomass ratio
  • D1C6 (1)
Element2
Element sources No. of elements per level
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (16)
  • National (0)
  • EU (2)
  • HELCOM (12)
  • National (0)
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (0)
  • National (1)
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (10)
  • National (19)
  • EU (15)
  • HELCOM (15)
  • National (0)
  • EU (2)
  • HELCOM (0)
  • National (0)
  • EU (9)
  • HELCOM (2)
  • National (17)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D1 Pelagic habitats
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D1C6 Pelagic habitat condition (1.5.2, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3)
  • Other - Cyanobacterial bloom index (4)
  • Other - Cyanobacterial bloom index: Cyanobacterial biomass+cyanobacteria surface accumulations (1)
  • Other - Phytoplankton Shannon diversity (1)
  • Other - Phytoplankton chlorophyll a (1)
  • Other - Phytoplankton community composition (5)
  • Other - Zooplankton mean size and total stock (4)
  • Other - Seasonal succession of dominating phytoplankton groups (6)
  • Other - Zooplankton mean size (4)
  • Other - Zooplankton total stock (4)
  • Habitat condition (19)
  • Other - Chl-a (3)
  • Other - Cyanobacteria bloom index (3)
  • Other - Dia/Dino (3)
  • Other - MSTS (1)
  • Other - As used in HELCOM (3)
  • Other - As used in WFD (11)
  • Other - As used in WFD and HELCOM (1)
  • Other - Concentration in water (4)
  • Other - Cyanobacteria bloom index (3)
  • Other - Diatomeen/Dinoflagellatenindex (4)
  • Other - Mean Size and Total Stock/Zooplankton (4)
  • Other - Phytoplankton biomass and diversity (1)
  • Other - Zooplankton biomass and diversity (1)
  • Habitat condition (9)
  • Other - Biomass (1)
  • Other - Biomass of zooplankton (4)
  • Other - Mean size (1)
  • Other - Mean size of zooplankton (4)
Threshold values % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
31% (5)
85% (12)
96% (28)
36% (11)
0% (0)
52% (10)
Threshold value sources D1 Pelagic habitats
Threshold value sources D1C6 Pelagic habitat condition (1.5.2, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3)
  • HELCOM (8)
  • National (6)
  • HELCOM (11)
  • Not applicable (3)
  • HELCOM (10)
  • WaterFD (19)
  • HELCOM (15)
  • WaterFD (1)
  • HELCOM (10)
  • National (9)
Value achieved upper % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
31% (5)
85% (12)
100% (29)
36% (11)
0% (0)
52% (10)
Value achieved lower % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D1 Pelagic habitats
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D1C6 Pelagic habitat condition (1.5.2, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3)
  • index (7)
  • microgram per litre (1)
  • microgram (4)
  • milligram per cubic meter (4)
  • percentage (6)
  • index (3)
  • mg/l (19)
  • mg/m3 (3)
  • ratio (3)
  • µg/indiv. for mean size and mg/m3 for total stock (1)
  • Environmental Quality Ratio (1)
  • Index (7)
  • microgram per litre (4)
  • mg per m-3 (5)
  • microgram wet weight per ind. (5)
Proportion threshold values Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 100-100% (29 of 29 parameters)
Range: 100-100% (1 of 30 parameters)
Proportion values achieved Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 100-100% (29 of 29 parameters)
Range: 14-47% (3 of 30 parameters)
Proportion threshold value units
% area of habitat achieving threshold value
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
Trends No. of trends per category
  • Deteriorating (4 or 25.0%)
  • Improving (1 or 6.2%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (3 or 18.8%)
  • Unknown (8 or 50.0%)
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (2 or 14.3%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (12 or 85.7%)
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (3 or 10.3%)
  • Unknown (26 or 89.7%)
  • Deteriorating (1 or 3.3%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (5 or 16.7%)
  • Stable (6 or 20.0%)
  • Unknown (18 or 60.0%)
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Deteriorating (10 or 52.6%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (9 or 47.4%)
Parameters achieved No. of parameters per category
  • No (11 or 68.8%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (4 or 25.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (1 or 6.2%)
  • No (7 or 50.0%)
  • Not assessed (2 or 14.3%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (5 or 35.7%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (24 or 82.8%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (5 or 17.2%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (9 or 30.0%)
  • Not assessed (9 or 30.0%)
  • Unknown (9 or 30.0%)
  • Yes (3 or 10.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (9 or 47.4%)
  • Not assessed (2 or 10.5%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (8 or 42.1%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
Related indicators
  • BAL-FI-IND-PHYTOPLANKTON
  • BAL-FI-IND-PHYTOPLANKTON-DIVERSITY
  • HELCOM-BLOOMS
  • HELCOM-Chl_a
  • HELCOM-ZOOP
  • BALEED1C6.1
  • BALEED1C6.2
  • HELCOM-Chl_a
  • HELCOM-CyaBI
  • HELCOM-Dia/Dino
  • HELCOM-MSTS
  • PL-Chl-a
  • HELCOM-Blooms
  • HELCOM-Chl_a
  • HELCOM-ZOOP
  • NAT-BALDE-DINO
  • DK-TOTAL-BALANCE
  • BALSE-1.6A_Storlek_djurplankton
  • BALSE-1.6B_Art_växtplankton
Criteria status No. of criteria per category
  • Good (3 or 18.8%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (13 or 81.2%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (14 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (1 or 100.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (7 or 24.1%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (22 or 75.9%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (3 or 10.0%)
  • Not assessed (9 or 30.0%)
  • Not good (9 or 30.0%)
  • Unknown (9 or 30.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (22 or 91.7%)
  • Not good (2 or 8.3%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
Element status No. of elements per category
  • Good (3 or 18.8%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (13 or 81.2%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (14 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (1 or 100.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (7 or 24.1%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (22 or 75.9%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (3 or 10.0%)
  • Not assessed (9 or 30.0%)
  • Not good (9 or 30.0%)
  • Unknown (9 or 30.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (26 or 92.9%)
  • Not good (2 or 7.1%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
Integration rule type for parameters
OOAO (10 or 100.0%)
NHIE_NWEI (6 or 42.9%)
Not relevant (6 or 42.9%)
OOAO (2 or 14.3%)
Not relevant (1 or 100.0%)
HIE_WEI (10 or 34.5%)
Not relevant (19 or 65.5%)
Not relevant (15 or 50.0%)
OTH (15 or 50.0%)
Not relevant (28 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for parameters
Interim integration rule has been applied.
No integration rule has been agreed, but all the indicators indicate poor state and hence an overall status can be assumed..
No integration rule has been agreed, but both the indicators indicate poor state and hence an overall status can be assumed.
Achieved values of indices: HELCOM-Dia/Dino, HELCOM-CyaBI and HELCOM-Chl_a were normalized according to the method applied in the HELCOM second holistic assessment of the Baltic Sea (http://stateofthebalticsea.helcom.fi/ ). The weighted averaging was applied to normalized values with the following weight coefficients: 0.4 (HELCOM-Dia/Dino), 0.4 (HELCOM-Chl_a) and 0.2 (HELCOM-CyaBI) providing BQRs.The resulting BQRs (biological quality ratios) were compared with the threshold value of 0.6 indicating good environmental status.
Achieved values of indices: HELCOM-Dia/Dino, HELCOM-CyaBI and HELCOM-Chl_a were normalized according to the method applied in the HELCOM second holistic assessment of the Baltic Sea (http://stateofthebalticsea.helcom.fi/). The weighted averaging was applied to normalized values with the following weight coefficients: 0.4 (HELCOM-Dia/Dino), 0.4 (HELCOM-Chl_a) and 0.2 (HELCOM-CyaBI) providing BQRs.The resulting BQRs (biological quality ratios) were compared with the threshold value of 0.6 indicating good environmental status.
Achieved values of indices: HELCOM-MSTS, HELCOM-Dia/Dino, HELCOM-CyaBI and HELCOM-Chl_a were normalized according to the method applied in the HELCOM second holistic assessment of the Baltic Sea (http://stateofthebalticsea.helcom.fi/). The weighted averaging was applied to normalized values with the following weight coefficients: 0.3 (HELCOM-MSTS), 0.3 (HELCOM-Dia/Dino), 0.3 (HELCOM-Chl_a) and 0.1 (HELCOM-CyaBI) providing BQRs.The resulting BQRs (biological quality ratios) were compared with the threshold value of 0.6 indicating good environmental status.
For each of the criteria used, other specific integration rules have been used for the parameters used.
No integration with other indicators could be done because of lack of quantitative thresholds for some indicators
Integration rule type for criteria
OOAO (14 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (1 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (29 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (15 or 50.0%)
OOAO (15 or 50.0%)
OTH (2 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (28 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for criteria
No integration rule has been agreed.
Criteria D5C2 and D1C6 have been aggregated in accordance with the one-stop out principle.
Criteria D5C2, D5C3 and D1C6 have been aggregated in accordance with the one-stop out principle.
For the assessment of the overall assessment of the German Baltic coastal waters of the 1 nm zone, the aggregated assessments of each coastal water body of water have been aggregated.
For the overall assessment of the German Baltic Sea waters, the overall assessments of the individual open sea MRU (HELCOM basin) and the coastal waters (1 nautical mile zone) were aggregated.
No integrated assessment is carried out at this level of aggregation of the aggregated coastal waters water body as the MSFD assessment of the German Baltic Sea waters (a) is carried out on an aggregated basis for all coastal waters on the basis of the WFD assessment of the individual bodies of water (body of water bodies, HELCOM level 4) and b) (see BALDEE_CW).
No integration rule has been applied.
No integration with other indicators could be done because of lack of quantitative thresholds for some indicators
No method is available for quantitative assessment of good environmental status at criteria level.
GES extent threshold
  • 100.00 (21 of 21, or 100.0%)
GES extent achieved
  • 14.00 (1 of 6, or 16.7%)
  • 4.00 (5 of 6, or 83.3%)
GES extent unit
  • Proportion of area in good status (9 of 30, or 30.0%)
  • Proportion of habitats in good status (21 of 30, or 70.0%)
GES achieved Pelagic broad habitats
  • GES achieved (3)
  • GES expected to be achieved by 2020 (7)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, Article 14 exception reported (6)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (14)
  • Not assessed (1)
  • GES achieved (7)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (22)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (21)
  • Not assessed (9)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (2)
  • Not assessed (26)
  • Not relevant (2)
Assessment period
2011-2016 (16 or 100.0%)
2011-2016 (14 or 100.0%)
2011-2016 (1 or 100.0%)
2011-2016 (29 or 100.0%)
2006-2014 (5 or 16.7%)
2007-2012 (10 or 33.3%)
2011-2016 (15 or 50.0%)
1988-2016 (2 or 100.0%)
2011-2016 (28 or 100.0%)
Related pressures
  • Changes to hydrological conditions (3 or 4.5%)
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition (16 or 24.2%)
  • Input of organic matter - diffuse sources and point sources (15 or 22.7%)
  • Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events (16 or 24.2%)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species (16 or 24.2%)
  • Eutrophication (14 or 56.0%)
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) (11 or 44.0%)
  • Unknown (1 or 100.0%)
  • Changes to hydrological conditions (10 or 8.5%)
  • Eutrophication (29 or 24.8%)
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) (10 or 8.5%)
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition (29 or 24.8%)
  • Input of organic matter - diffuse sources and point sources (29 or 24.8%)
  • Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events (10 or 8.5%)
  • Contaminants - UPBT substances (30 or 25.0%)
  • Contaminants - non UPBT substances (30 or 25.0%)
  • Eutrophication (30 or 25.0%)
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species (30 or 25.0%)
  • Eutrophication (2 or 33.3%)
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) (2 or 33.3%)
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition (2 or 33.3%)
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) (28 or 20.0%)
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) (28 or 20.0%)
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition (28 or 20.0%)
  • Input of organic matter - diffuse sources and point sources (28 or 20.0%)
  • Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events (28 or 20.0%)
Related targets
3
1
6
3
3
9