Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D7 / 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 D7 Hydrographical changes
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-AA
  • 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_AB
  • BALDE_CW_BB
  • BALDE_CW_D5_GB_B3
  • BALDE_CW_KB
  • BALDE_CW_MB
  • BALDE_OFFSHORE_AB
  • BALDE_OFFSHORE_BB
  • BALDE_OFFSHORE_KB
  • BALDE_OFFSHORE_MB
  • BAL-DK-TOTAL
Features Habitats
  • Benthic broad habitats (6)
  • Other benthic habitats (5)
  • Benthic broad habitats (19)
  • Benthic broad habitats (9)
Physical and hydrological
  • Hydrographical changes (6)
  • Hydrographical changes (1)
  • Hydrographical changes (22)
  • Hydrographical changes (36)
  • Hydrographical changes (2)
Element Benthic habitats
  • D7C2 (6)
Salinity
  • D7C1 (9)
Circalittoral coarse sediment
  • D7C2 (1)
Circalittoral mixed sediment
  • D7C2 (1)
Circalittoral mud
  • D7C2 (1)
Circalittoral sand
  • D7C2 (3)
  • D7C2 (1)
Estuaries
  • D7C2 (1)
Infralittoral mixed sediment
  • D7C2 (2)
  • D7C2 (1)
Infralittoral mud
  • D7C2 (4)
  • D7C2 (1)
Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef
  • D7C2 (1)
Infralittoral sand
  • D7C2 (8)
  • D7C2 (1)
Large shallow inlets and bays
  • D7C2 (1)
Littoral sediment
  • D7C2 (2)
Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
  • D7C2 (1)
Offshore circalittoral sand
  • D7C2 (1)
Reefs
  • D7C2 (1)
Sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time
  • D7C2 (1)
Water temperature
  • D7C1 (9)
Element2
Element sources No. of elements per level
  • EU (6)
  • National (0)
  • EU (5)
  • National (0)
  • EU (0)
  • National (19)
  • EU (0)
  • National (18)
  • EU (9)
  • National (0)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D7 Hydrographical changes
D7C1 Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.1, 7.1.1)
  • Extent (6)
  • Extent (1)
  • Extent (3)
  • Other - PL_WskZm (19)
  • Extent (9)
  • Other - Not specified (18)
  • Other - extent of hydrographic changes in the watercolumn (1)
  • Other - extent of hydrographic changes on the seafloor (1)
D7C2 Adverse effects from permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.2, 7.2.1, 7.2.2)
  • Other - Hydromorphological alterations (6)
  • Other - extent (5)
  • Other - PL_WskZm (19)
  • Habitat condition (9)
  • Other - Extent of negative effects caused by permanent hydrographical changes (9)
Threshold values % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
83% (5)
92% (38)
0% (0)
0% (0)
Threshold value sources D7 Hydrographical changes
D7C1 Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.1, 7.1.1)
  • National (1)
  • Not applicable (1)
  • National (19)
D7C2 Adverse effects from permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.2, 7.2.1, 7.2.2)
  • National (5)
  • National (5)
  • National (19)
Value achieved upper % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
75% (9)
100% (6)
87% (36)
0% (0)
100% (11)
Value achieved lower % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
100% (11)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D7 Hydrographical changes
D7C1 Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.1, 7.1.1)
  • percentage (5)
  • square kilometre (1)
  • percentage (19)
  • square kilometre (2)
D7C2 Adverse effects from permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.2, 7.2.1, 7.2.2)
  • percentage (5)
  • percentage (5)
  • percentage (19)
  • square kilometre (9)
Proportion threshold values Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 100-100% (38 of 41 parameters)
Proportion values achieved Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 100-100% (38 of 41 parameters)
Proportion threshold value units
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
Trends No. of trends per category
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (4 or 33.3%)
  • Unknown (8 or 66.7%)
  • Not relevant (1 or 16.7%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (5 or 83.3%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (38 or 92.7%)
  • Unknown (3 or 7.3%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (18 or 50.0%)
  • Unknown (18 or 50.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (11 or 100.0%)
Parameters achieved No. of parameters per category
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (6 or 50.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (6 or 50.0%)
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (1 or 16.7%)
  • Yes (5 or 83.3%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (12 or 29.3%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (29 or 70.7%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (27 or 75.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (9 or 25.0%)
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (11 or 100.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
Related indicators
  • BALEED7C1.1
  • BALEED7C2.1
  • BALEED7C2.2
  • BALEED7C2.3
  • BALEED7C2.5
  • BALEED7C4
  • PL_WskZm
  • DK-HYDROGRAFICCHANGE
Criteria status No. of criteria per category
  • Good (6 or 50.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (6 or 50.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (5 or 83.3%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (1 or 16.7%)
  • Good (29 or 70.7%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (12 or 29.3%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (9 or 25.0%)
  • Not assessed (27 or 75.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (11 or 100.0%)
Element status No. of elements per category
  • Good (6 or 100.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (5 or 100.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (13 or 68.4%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (6 or 31.6%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (18 or 100.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (9 or 100.0%)
Integration rule type for parameters
Not relevant (6 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (19 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (11 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for parameters
No integration rule agreed
No integration rule agreed.
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.
Integration rule type for criteria
Not relevant (1 or 16.7%)
OOAO (5 or 83.3%)
Not relevant (33 or 94.3%)
SPATIAL (2 or 5.7%)
Not relevant (11 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for criteria
No integration rule agreed, but as both criteria are in GES, GES can be assumed..
No integration rule agreed.
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.
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
  • Proportion of area in good status (3 of 3, or 100.0%)
GES achieved Benthic broad habitats
  • GES achieved (6)
  • GES achieved (13)
  • Not relevant (6)
  • Unknown (9)
Other benthic habitats
  • GES achieved (5)
Hydrographical changes
  • GES achieved (6)
  • Not relevant (1)
  • GES achieved (16)
  • Not relevant (6)
  • Not relevant (36)
  • Unknown (2)
Assessment period
2011-2016 (12 or 100.0%)
2011-2016 (6 or 100.0%)
2011-2016 (22 or 53.7%)
2015 (19 or 46.3%)
2011-2016 (36 or 100.0%)
1983-2016 (11 or 100.0%)
Related pressures
  • Changes to hydrological conditions (12 or 100.0%)
  • Changes to hydrological conditions (6 or 85.7%)
  • Hydrographical changes (1 or 14.3%)
  • Changes to hydrological conditions (4 or 9.8%)
  • Hydrographical changes (33 or 80.5%)
  • Physical loss of the seabed (4 or 9.8%)
  • Changes to hydrological conditions (36 or 50.0%)
  • Physical loss of the seabed (36 or 50.0%)
  • Changes to hydrological conditions (11 or 100.0%)
Related targets
1
6
4
2