Data set represents the HELCOM 1x1 km Baltic Sea grid, that was originally created for the HOLAS II project (State of the Baltic Sea report 2018) and used in the Baltic Sea Impact Index and Shipping density maps produced for HELCOM Maritime Assessment. The grid is based on the European Environment agency (EEA) grid system, and its compatible with all other grid sizes. The grid covers the whole Baltic Sea water area: A grid cell is included in the data set if some part of the 1x1 km cell touches water according to the EEA coastline data set. Same method is applied to cut the grid to match the HELCOM marine area. Attribute information: HELCOM_subbasin_ID: HELCOM subbasin ID where the cell is located HELCOM_subbasin_name: HELCOM subbasin name where the cell is located

This dataset was collected by HELCOM Secretariat during the HELCOM MORE project and represents monitoring stations in the Baltic Sea. This dataset contains all phytobenthos stations in the Baltic Sea as reported to the HELCOM MORE project. It was collected and published at the beginning of 2013. The dataset was updated with Polish stations after STATE 2-2015 meeting. The data came originally from the CORESET project. Contracting Parties were then asked to complete and check the info.

This data set was collected by HELCOM Secretariat during the HELCOM MORE project and represents monitoring stations in the Baltic Sea This data set contains all Chlorophyll-a stations in the Baltic Sea as reported to the HELCOM MORE project. It was collected and published at the beginning of 2013. The data came originally from the CORESET project. Contracting Parties were then asked to complete and check the info. The dataset was updated in 18 February 2015 with Finnish and Swedish monitoring stations reported by the end of 2014 as requested in HELCOM STATE 1-2014 meeting. Following update was done in 11 September 2015 regarding Polish stations following update request in HELCOM STATE & CONSERVATION 2-2015 meeting.

This data set was collected by HELCOM Secretariat during the HELCOM MORE project and represents monitoring stations in the Baltic Sea. This data set contains all phytoplankton stations in the Baltic Sea as reported to the HELCOM MORE project. It was collected and published at the beginning of 2013.The data came originally from the CORESET project. Contracting Parties were then asked to complete and check the info.The data set was updated in 18 February 2015 with Finnish and Swedish monitoring stations reported by the end of 2014 as requested in HELCOM STATE 1-2014 meeting. This dataset was updated in December 2020 with new data from Finland.

This data set contains the most up-to-date reported data about zoobenthos monitoring stations in the Baltic Sea. It was collected during the HELCOM MORE project. The data set was updated in 18 February 2015 with Finnish and Swedish monitoring stations reported by the end of 2014 as requested in HELCOM STATE 1-2014 meeting. Following update was done in 11 September 2015 regarding Polish stations following update request in HELCOM STATE & CONSERVATION 2-2015 meeting. The Finnish monitoring stations were updated in December 2020.

This dataset contains the most up-to-date reported data about zooplankton monitoring stations in the Baltic Sea. It was collected during the HELCOM MORE project. The dataset was updated in December 2020 with new data from Finland

This dataset was collected by HELCOM Secretariat during the HELCOM MORE project and represents monitoring stations in the Baltic Sea This data set contains all primary production stations in the Baltic Sea as reported to the HELCOM MORE project. It was collected and published at the beginning of 2013.The data came originally from the CORESET project. Contracting Parties were then asked to complete and check the info.

Dataset description: This dataset displays spatial coverage of available data on riverine inputs of hazardous substances to the Baltic Sea. The data illustrates availability and where available contains values of annual average inputs of hazardous substances (the latest assessment period) from sub-catchments and coastal areas designated for the HELCOM PLC assessment. The sub-catchments are the smallest areas for which loads of nutrients and hazardous substances are assessed. Sub-catchments are always located within borders of a single country and drain into one Baltic Sea sub-basin. Sub-catchments may correspond to either monitored or unmonitored areas. Unmonitored sub-catchments may represent either unmonitored parts of river catchments or aggregated unmonitored areas (depending on the reporting format of each Contracting Party). The data is obtained through national monitoring programmes and annually reported by Contracting Parties to the HELCOM Pollution Load Compilation (PLC-water) database as an integral part of HELCOM Pollution Load Compilation process https://nest.su.se/helcom_plc/. However, the assessment of inputs and respective data updates are performed periodically in accordance with the workplan of respective PLC-projects. The data is produced, compiled and quality assured in accordance with the HELCOM Guidelines for the annual and periodical compilation and reporting of waterborne pollution inputs to the Baltic Sea (HELCOM PLC-Water Guideline). Dataset content: Polygonal feature class contains the following attributes: Source code (source_code): Unique code for river sub-catchments and unmonitored areas Source name (source_name): Name of river catchment or unmonitored area Sub-basin code (subb_code): Sub-basin of the Baltic Sea the sub-catchment drains to. Country code (c_code): The Country on which territory the river mouth is located, for border rivers both are mentioned. Area km2 (area_km2): Polygon area in sq.km. Cd_20XX: annual average input of cadmium in each year of the assessment period (tonnes/year) Cd_average: average input of cadmium in the assessment period (tonnes/year) Cr_20XX: annual average input of cadmium in each year of the assessment period (tonnes/year) Cr_average: average input of chromium in the assessment period (tonnes/year) Cu_20XX: annual average input of cadmium in each year of the assessment period (tonnes/year) Cu_average: average input of copper in the assessment period (tonnes/year) Hg_20XX:annual average input of cadmium in each year of the assessment period (tonnes/year) Hg_average: average input of mercury in the assessment period (tonnes/year) Ni_20XX: annual average input of cadmium in each year of the assessment period (tonnes/year) Ni_average: average input of nickel in the assessment period (tonnes/year) Pb_20XX: annual average input of cadmium in each year of the assessment period (tonnes/year) Pb_average: average input of lead in the assessment period (tonnes/year) Zn_20XX: annual average input of cadmium in each year of the assessment period (tonnes/year) Zn_average: average input of zinc in the assessment period (tonnes/year) Year: year of the assessment Visualization: The following maps visualize the data: Map of data coverage for zinc Map of data coverage for chromium Map of data coverage for copper Map of data coverage for nickel Map of data coverage for lead Map of data coverage for cadmium Map of data coverage for mercury Data update: Metadata is updated by HELCOM Secretariat periodically after adoption of PLC report on sources of nutrients. The dataset is updated by HELCOM Secretariat periodically after adoption of PLC report on sources of nutrients.

Dataset description: The dataset reflects spatial delineation of monitored and unmonitored catchments used for the assessment of waterborne nutrients inputs to the Baltic Sea sub-basins (Baltic Sea Environmental Fact Sheet) in the HELCOM Pollution Load Compilation. Polygonal features in the dataset cover entire river catchments without distinguishing between sub-catchments located in upstream countries. Some countries even combine unmonitored and monitored parts of river catchments into a single catchment. The Source Code attribute in the dataset corresponds to the Source_Code in the Assessment data on waterborne input of nutrients dataset. The data is reported to the HELCOM Map and Data Service (MADS) and quality assured by Contracting Parties to HELCOM in accordance with the HELCOM Guidelines for the annual and periodical compilation and reporting of waterborne pollution inputs to the Baltic Sea (HELCOM PLC-Water Guideline). Dataset content: Polygonal feature class contains the following attributes: Sub-catchment code (subc_code): Unique code for river catchments and unmonitored areas Sub-catchment name (subc_name): Name of river catchment or unmonitored area River code (r_code): Unique code of the river included in HELCOM PLC assessment. Sub-basin code (subb_code): The Baltic Sea sub-basin where the river drains to. Country code (c_code): The Country on which territory the river mouth is located, for border rivers both are mentioned. Monitoring (monitoring): The monitoring status of the river (M=monitored and U=unmonitored). Marked as monitored only if the catchment has been monitored for the entire time series. Transboundary (transboundary): Listing all countries that have the rivers drainage area on its territory. Area km2 (area_km2): The total area of the catchment in square kilometres. Year (year). Country codes used in the dataset correspond to: DK-DENMARK; EE-ESTONIA; FI-FINLAND; DE-GERMANY; LV-LATVIA; LT-LITHUANIA; PL-POLAND; RU-RUSSIA; SE-SWEDEN. The Baltic Sea sub-basin codes used in the dataset are: ARC-ARCHIPELAGO SEA; BAP-BALTIC PROPER; BOB-BOTHNIAN BAY; BOS-BOTHNIAN SEA; GUF-GULF OF FINLAND; GUR-GULF OF RIGA; KAT-KATTEGAT; SOU-SOUND; WEB-WESTERN BALTIC. Visualization: Map of catchments in the HELCOM Pollution Load Compilation. Data update: Metadata is updated by HELCOM Secretariat annually by 1 April. The dataset is updated by HELCOM Secretariat annually by 1 April.

Dataset description: The dataset reflects spatial delineation of monitored and unmonitored sub-catchments used to compile data on inputs of nutrients and hazardous substances to the Baltic Sea sub-basins in the HELCOM Pollution Load Compilation. The sub-catchments are the smallest entities for which inputs of nutrients and hazardous substances to the Baltic Sea are reported. The sub-catchments are always located within borders of a single country and drain into a single Baltic Sea sub-basin. Sub-catchments may correspond to either monitored or unmonitored areas. Unmonitored sub-catchments may represent either unmonitored parts of river catchments or aggregated unmonitored areas (depending on the reporting format of each Contracting Party). Polygonal features in the dataset have attributes indicating whether a sub-catchment represents monitored or unmonitored area. A specific attribute indicates that the sub-catchment is in the upstream country of a transboundary river catchment. The data is reported to the HELCOM Map and Data Service (MADS) and quality assured by Contracting Parties to HELCOM in accordance with the HELCOM Guidelines for the annual and periodical compilation and reporting of waterborne pollution inputs to the Baltic Sea (HELCOM PLC-Water Guideline). Dataset content: Polygonal feature class contains the following attributes: Sub-catchment code (subc_code): unique HELCOM PLC code Sub-catchment name (subc_name): sub-catchment name corresponds to the name of the river or coastal area River code (r_code): unique HELCOM PLC code. Country code (c_code): DK; EE; FI; DE; LV; LT; PL; RU; SE; BY; UA; CZ; SK. Sub-basin code (subb_code): ARC; BAP; BOB; BOS; GUF; GUR; KAT; SOU; WEB. Monitoring (monitoring): monitored (M), unmonitored (U) Transboundary (transboundary): Field values are: TRANS (for downstream parts of transboundary rivers and border rivers), a country code (indicates the downstream country for upstream parts of transboundary rivers), or N/A (river is non transboundary). Area km2 (area_km2): sub-catchment area in km2 Year (year). Country codes used in the dataset correspond to: BY-BELARUS, CZ-CZECH REPUBLIC, DK-DENMARK; EE-ESTONIA; FI-FINLAND; DE-GERMANY; LV-LATVIA; LT-LITHUANIA; PL-POLAND; RU-RUSSIA; SK-SLOVAKIA; SE-SWEDEN; UA-UKRAINE. The Baltic Sea sub-basin codes used in the dataset are: ARC-ARCHIPELAGO SEA; BAP-BALTIC PROPER; BOB-BOTHNIAN BAY; BOS-BOTHNIAN SEA; GUF-GULF OF FINLAND; GUR-GULF OF RIGA; KAT-KATTEGAT; SOU-SOUND; WEB-WESTERN BALTIC. Visualization: Map layer of monitored and unmonitored areas. Map layer of transboundary and border rivers. Catchment areas of Baltic Sea sub-basins. Data update: Metadata is updated by HELCOM Secretariat annually by 1 April. The dataset is updated by HELCOM Secretariat annually by 1 April.