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Integrated biodiversity status assessment - benthic habitats 2018

This dataset represents the Integrated biodiversity status assessment for benthic habitats using the BEAT tool. Status is shown in five categories based on the integrated assessment scores obtained in the tool. Biological Quality Ratios (BQR) above 0.6 correspond to good status. The assessment in open sea areas was based on the core indicators ‘State of the soft-bottom macrofauna community’ and ‘Oxygen debt’. Coastal areas were assessed by national indicators, and may hence not be directly comparable with each other.


This dataset displays the result of the integrated biodiverity status in HELCOM Assessment unit Scale 4 (Division of the Baltic Sea into 17 sub-basins and further division into coastal and off-shore areas and division of the coastal areas by WFD water types or water bodies).


Attribute information:

"BQR" = Biological Quality Ratio

"Confidence" = Confidence of the assessment

"HELCOM_ID" = id of the HELCOM assessment unit

"country" = name of the country / opensea

"level_2" = HELCOM sub-basins (name of the scale 2 assessment unit)

"Name" = Name of the coastal assessment unit on scale 4

"AULEVEL" = scale of the assessment units

"type_descr" = Name of the HELCOM scale 4 assessment unit

"SAUID" = ID number for the spatial assessment unit

"EcosystemC" = Ecosystem component assessed

"Confiden_1" = Confidence of the assessment (0-1, higher values mean higher confidence)

"Total_numb" = Number of indicators used in assessment

"Area_km2" = Area of assessment unit (km2)

"Confiden_1" = Confidence level of the assessment (scores < 0.5 = low, 0.5 - 0.75 = intermediate, > 0.75 = high)

"STATUS" = Integrated status category (0-0.2 = not good (lowest score), 0.2-0.4 = not good (lower score), 0.4-0.6 = not good (low score), 0.6-0.8 = good (high score), 0.8-1.0 = good (highest score))

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Date (Publication)
2018-06-28
Unique resource identifier
https://metadata.helcom.fi/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/478d52dd-08b7-4777-b879-8806b1188b27
pointOfContact
  HELCOM Secretariat

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Oceanographic geographical features

Keywords
  • MADS

  • HOLAS2 2018 Core indicator

  • Core indicator

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Use constraints: Data can be used freely given that the source (HELCOM) is cited.

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Access constraints: No limitations on public access.
Spatial representation type
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Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Environment
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Begin date
2011-01-01
End date
2016-12-31
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:3035
Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile ( 1.0 )

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Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

For open sea areas, core indicators that were used to calculate the integrated biodiversity status assessment - benthic habitats:

- http://metadata.helcom.fi/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/79a6f8a8-05c4-4113-bfd6-ee671bc06a86

- http://metadata.helcom.fi/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/9d9904ba-45f9-4392-9655-20e12a247fad


Coastal areas were assessed with national indicators and may not be directly comparable with each other.


Additional information can be found in "State of the Baltic Sea report" and on the http://stateofthebalticsea.helcom.fi/

File identifier
478d52dd-08b7-4777-b879-8806b1188b27 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2021-09-24T11:06:41
pointOfContact
  HELCOM Secretariat
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Oceanographic geographical features

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