Member State report / Art9 / 2012 / D8 / Finland / Baltic Sea
Report type | Member State report to Commission |
MSFD Article | Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates) |
Report due | 2012-10-15 |
GES Descriptor | D8 Contaminants |
Member State | Finland |
Region/subregion | Baltic Sea |
Reported by | Team of experts from: - several Finnish Institutes, - Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment - The Ministry of Enviroment |
Report date | 2012-11-09 |
Report access | MSFD9GES_20130515_140715.xml |
GES component |
D8
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8.1 Concentration of contaminants |
8.1.1 Concentration of contaminants |
8.2 Effects of contaminants |
8.2.1 Level of pollution effects |
8.2.2 Occurrence and impact of acute pollution |
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Method used |
space limits (space targets) which may be either m
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Marine reporting units |
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Criterion/indicator |
D8 |
8.1 |
8.1.1 |
8.2 |
8.2.1 |
8.2.2 |
GES description |
The levels of impurities are at levels that do not lead to pollution effects
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Concentrations of harmful substances in biota or water are at levels that do not cause direct or indirect adverse effects on vulnerable marine organisms or on top of the food web.
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in fish (congener patterns tri-BDE 28, tetraBDE 47, pentaBDE 99 and 100, hexaBDE, decaBDE, decaBDE)
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Harmful concentrations are at levels that do not give rise to harmful biological effects at the individual level or at any level of the food web and the health of marine organisms is not compromised. Adverse effects include, but are not limited to, acute toxic effects, disruption of vital functio...
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Reproductive health status of seals
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Size of the census of seals
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Threshold values |
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Threshold value unit |
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Proportion of area to achieve threshold value |
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Reference point type |
LimitReferencePoint |
LimitReferencePoint |
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Baseline |
reference level
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Historic
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Assessment method |
Definite
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Quantitative
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Definite
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Development status |
fuly operational
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fuly operational
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