Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D6 / 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 | D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats |
| Region/subregion | Baltic |
| Reported by | Member state |
| Member state | Finland |
Estonia |
Latvia |
Lithuania |
Poland |
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| Marine reporting units | MRUs used |
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| Features | Habitats |
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| Features | Physical |
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| Element | Baltic muddy bottoms of the aphotic zone |
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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 | Costal/Muddy/Sandy habitats (WFD) |
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| Element | Estuaries |
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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 | Large shallow inlets and bays |
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| Element | Littoral rock and biogenic reef |
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| Element | Littoral sediment |
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| Element | Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide |
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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 |
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| Element | Offshore circalittoral sand |
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| Element | Reefs |
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| Element | Sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time |
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| Element | Sublittoral coarse sediment |
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| Element | Submerged or partially submerged sea caves |
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| Element | [Zostera] beds in infralittoral sediments |
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| Element sources | No. of elements per level |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats | ||||||||
| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D6C1 Physical loss of the seabed (6.1) |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D6C2 Physical disturbance to the seabed (6.1) |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D6C3 Adverse effects from physical disturbance (6.1.2) |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D6C4 Benthic habitat extent (1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.5.1, 6.1.1) |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D6C5 Benthic habitat condition (1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4) |
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| Threshold values | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 0% (0) |
88% (15) |
11% (1) |
100% (26) |
93% (88) |
16% (6) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
| Threshold value sources | D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats | ||||||||
| Threshold value sources | D6C1 Physical loss of the seabed (6.1) |
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| Threshold value sources | D6C2 Physical disturbance to the seabed (6.1) |
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| Threshold value sources | D6C3 Adverse effects from physical disturbance (6.1.2) |
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| Threshold value sources | D6C4 Benthic habitat extent (1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.5.1, 6.1.1) |
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| Threshold value sources | D6C5 Benthic habitat condition (1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4) |
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| Value achieved upper | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 0% (0) |
88% (15) |
11% (1) |
50% (13) |
93% (88) |
10% (4) |
78% (29) |
0% (0) |
| Value achieved lower | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 0% (0) |
0% (0) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats | ||||||||
| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D6C1 Physical loss of the seabed (6.1) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D6C2 Physical disturbance to the seabed (6.1) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D6C3 Adverse effects from physical disturbance (6.1.2) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D6C4 Benthic habitat extent (1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.5.1, 6.1.1) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D6C5 Benthic habitat condition (1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4) |
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| Proportion threshold values | Range of % values (no. of parameters) | Range: 99-100% (87 of 94 parameters) |
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| Proportion values achieved | Range of % values (no. of parameters) | Range: 100-100% (88 of 94 parameters) |
Range: 31-31% (1 of 37 parameters) |
Range: 0-100% (26 of 37 parameters) |
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| Proportion threshold value units | % area of MRU achieving threshold value % area of habitat achieving threshold value |
% area of habitat achieving threshold value |
% area of MRU with the 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 | OTH (80 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (17 or 100.0%) |
NHIE_NWEI (8 or 66.7%) SPATIAL (4 or 33.3%) |
OOAO (16 or 100.0%) |
NHIE_WEI (3 or 5.8%) Not relevant (49 or 94.2%) |
Not relevant (37 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (54 or 100.0%) |
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| Integration rule description for parameters | The integration was based on physical disturbance, hypoxia, water quality, red list assessment, benthic fauna (mud), macroalgae (hard substrate) and Habitats Directive assessment (http://www.ymparisto.fi/[…]/133890). |
No integration was applied for macrofaunal index B characterizing soft bottom benthic broad habitats and macrophyte index SM1 characterizing hard bottom broad habitats. Values achieved of index B and index SM1 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 50% weight coefficient providing BQRs.The resulting BQRs (biological quality ratios) were compared with the threshold value of 0.6 indicating good environmental status. |
It was not possible to integrate state between habitat types or between criteria.
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| Integration rule type for criteria | Not relevant (2 or 11.8%) OOAO (15 or 88.2%) |
OOAO (8 or 66.7%) SPATIAL (4 or 33.3%) |
Not relevant (50 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (37 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (54 or 100.0%) |
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| Integration rule description for criteria |
It has not been possible to integrate results for D6C5.
It was not possible to integrate state between habitat types or between criteria. |
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| GES achieved | Benthic broad habitats |
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| GES achieved | Other benthic habitats |
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| GES achieved | Physical disturbance to seabed |
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| GES achieved | Physical loss of the seabed |
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| Assessment period | 2011-2016 (80 or 100.0%) |
2011-2016 (17 or 100.0%) |
2011-2016 (12 or 100.0%) |
2012-2017 (26 or 100.0%) |
2011-2016 (56 or 59.6%) 2015 (38 or 40.4%) |
2007-2015 (35 or 94.6%) 2011-2015 (2 or 5.4%) |
1980-2016 (28 or 75.7%) 1983-2016 (1 or 2.7%) 2008-2017 (7 or 18.9%) 2012-2016 (1 or 2.7%) |
2011-2016 (54 or 100.0%) |
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| Related pressures |
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| Related targets | 5 |
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