Member State report / Art8 / 2012 / D7 / Cyprus / Mediterranean: Aegean-Levantine Sea
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates) |
| Report due | 2012-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D7 Hydrographical changes |
| Member State | Cyprus |
| Region/subregion | Mediterranean: Aegean-Levantine Sea |
| Reported by | Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources and Environment |
| Report date | 2013-04-24 |
| Report access | MSFD8bPressures_20130510_101650.xml |
Marine waters of the Republic of Cyprus, as part of the marine subregion "Agean-Levantine sea"
GES component |
D7C1 Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.1, 7.1.1) |
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Feature |
LevelPressure |
ImpactPressureWaterColumn |
ImpactPressureSeabedHabitats |
ImpactPressureFunctionalGroup |
Assessment Topic |
Hydrological7_1
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HydrologicalWaterColumnHabitats7_2
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HydrologicalSeabedHabitats7_2
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HydrologicalFunctionalGroups7_2
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Element |
NotRelevant |
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Element 2 |
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ThresholdValue |
Qualitative
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Threshold value/Value unit |
Not relevent
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Proportion threshold value |
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Status of criteria/indicator |
Good |
NotAssessed |
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Status trend |
Stable |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
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Status confidence |
High |
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Description (status of criteria/indicator) |
No data
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Limitations |
The area indirectly impacted by the pressure is not known. |
The negligible coverage of the pressure suggests that any impacts are restricted to a negligible fraction of the assessment area. |
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Assessment period |
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Description |
Interference with hydrological processes in the marine waters of Cyprus could potentially be caused by temporary or permanent structures, and by abstracted seawater which is re-released post-use, primarily in power-plant cooling water systems, and in desalination units for residential and tourist use. It is estimated that the area directly impacted by the pressure is < 1 % of coastal waters, or a negligible percentage of the assessment area. |
Elevated temperatures and salinities accompany the discharge of abstracted seawater from power plants and desalination units respectively. However, the area affected by such discharge is estimated to be < 1 % of coastal waters, and a negligible percentage of the assessment area. |
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Input load |
lessthan1%
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Load unit |
Unknown_NotAssessed
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Confidence |
High
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Trends (recent) |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
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Trends (future) |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
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Description (activities) |
Interference with hydrological processes in the marine waters of Cyprus could potentially be caused by temporary or permanent structures (port operations, coastal defense), and by abstracted seawater which is re-released post-use, primarily in power-plant cooling water systems, and in desalination units for residential and tourist use. |
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Activity type |
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Information gaps |
Impacts of hydrological process interference on the marine waters of Cyprus are restricted to a negligible fraction of the assessment area. Even though knowledge of those impacts is fragmentary (e.g., the Argyrou, 1999, study), determining those impacts should be weighed against more pressing research and monitoring needs. |
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