Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D7 / Mediterranean

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 Mediterranean
Reported by Member state
Member state
United Kingdom
Spain
France
Italy
Malta
Slovenia
Croatia
Greece
Cyprus
Member state report
Marine reporting units MRUs used
  • MWE-ES-SD-ESAL
  • MWE-ES-SD-LEV
  • MWE-FR-MS-MO-L200
  • MWE-FR-MS-MO-MEC2010
  • MWE-FR-MS-MO-Z200
  • IT-AS-0001
  • IT-ISCMS-0001
  • IT-WMS-0001
  • MIC-MT-MS-02
  • MAD-SI-MRU-1
  • MAD-HR-MRU_1
Features Habitats
  • Benthic broad habitats (29)
  • Benthic broad habitats (12)
  • Other benthic habitats (3)
  • Benthic broad habitats (1)
Physical and hydrological
  • Hydrographical changes (4)
  • Hydrographical changes (18)
  • Hydrographical changes (3)
  • Hydrographical changes (1)
  • Hydrographical changes (1)
  • Hydrographical changes (2)
Element Benthic habitats
  • D7C2 (1)
Salinity
  • D7C1 (1)
Changes in current regime
  • D7C1 (3)
Changes in salinity regime
  • D7C1 (3)
Changes in seabed substrate
  • D7C1 (3)
Changes in thermal regime
  • D7C1 (3)
Changes in turbidity regime
  • D7C1 (3)
Changes in waves regime
  • D7C1 (3)
Circalittoral coarse sediment
  • D7C2 (3)
Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef
  • D7C2 (3)
Circalittoral sand
  • D7C2 (3)
Infralittoral coarse sediment
  • D7C2 (3)
Infralittoral mud
  • D7C2 (2)
Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef
  • D7C2 (2)
  • D7C2 (3)
Infralittoral sand
  • D7C2 (2)
  • D7C2 (3)
Littoral rock and biogenic reef
  • D7C2 (3)
Littoral sediment
  • D7C2 (3)
Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment
  • D7C2 (3)
Offshore circalittoral mud
  • D7C2 (3)
Offshore circalittoral rock and biogenic reef
  • D7C2 (2)
Offshore circalittoral sand
  • D7C2 (3)
Posidonia beds (Posidonion oceanicae)
  • D7C2 (3)
Water temperature
  • D7C1 (1)
Element2
Element sources No. of elements per level
  • BARCON (0)
  • EU (29)
  • National (18)
  • BARCON (3)
  • EU (12)
  • National (0)
  • BARCON (0)
  • EU (1)
  • National (0)
  • BARCON (0)
  • EU (0)
  • National (2)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D7 Hydrographical changes
D7C1 Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.1, 7.1.1)
  • Extent (18)
  • Extent (3)
  • Extent (1)
  • Other - Delež dolžine hidrografsko spremenjene obalne črte (1)
  • Other - Spatila-temporal TheromHaline variability (2)
D7C2 Adverse effects from permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.2, 7.2.1, 7.2.2)
  • Extent (29)
  • Habitat condition (15)
Threshold values % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
100% (18)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
Threshold value sources D7 Hydrographical changes
D7C1 Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.1, 7.1.1)
  • National (3)
D7C2 Adverse effects from permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.2, 7.2.1, 7.2.2)
  • National (15)
Value achieved upper % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
100% (18)
0% (0)
100% (1)
0% (0)
Value achieved lower % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
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 (3)
  • percentage (1)
D7C2 Adverse effects from permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.2, 7.2.1, 7.2.2)
  • percentage (12)
  • persentage (3)
Proportion threshold values Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Proportion values achieved Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 6-12611% (40 of 47 parameters)
Range: 99-99% (18 of 18 parameters)
Proportion threshold value units
extent in km2 of habitat adversely affected
extent in km2 of pressure
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
% area of habitat achieving threshold value
extent in km2 of pressure
Trends No. of trends per category
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (47 or 100.0%)
  • Stable (18 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (1 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (1 or 100.0%)
  • Stable (2 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
Parameters achieved No. of parameters per category
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (47 or 100.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (18 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (1 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (1 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (2 or 100.0%)
Related indicators
  • FR-D7-Extent-AlterationHydro
  • FR-D7-Extent-HabAltered
  • IT-MSFD-2018-D7-INFRA
  • CI 15
Criteria status No. of criteria per category
  • Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (4 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (18 or 38.3%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (29 or 61.7%)
  • Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (18 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (1 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (2 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (2 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
Element status No. of elements per category
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (47 or 100.0%)
  • Good (15 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (1 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (2 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
Integration rule type for parameters
Not relevant (47 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (18 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for parameters
Integration rule type for criteria
Not relevant (4 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (47 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved Benthic broad habitats
  • Not relevant (29)
  • GES achieved (12)
  • Not assessed (1)
Other benthic habitats
  • GES achieved (3)
Hydrographical changes
  • Not assessed (4)
  • Not relevant (18)
  • GES achieved (3)
  • Not relevant (1)
  • Not assessed (1)
  • Not relevant (2)
Assessment period
2012-2018 (4 or 100.0%)
2012-2018 (47 or 100.0%)
2012-2017 (18 or 100.0%)
2012-2018 (1 or 100.0%)
2012-2017 (2 or 100.0%)
2013-2018 (2 or 100.0%)
Related pressures
  • Hydrographical changes (4 or 50.0%)
  • Physical disturbance to seabed (4 or 50.0%)
  • Changes to hydrological conditions (18 or 100.0%)
  • Changes to hydrological conditions (1 or 50.0%)
  • Physical loss of the seabed (1 or 50.0%)
  • All physical pressures (2 or 33.3%)
  • Hydrographical changes (2 or 33.3%)
  • Input of water - point sources (e.g. brine) (2 or 33.3%)
Related targets
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