Vocabulary
Marine Strategy Framework Directive descriptors 2010/477/EU
| URI | http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/C45/current/ |
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| Description | Concepts specified as descriptors of good environmental status as defined by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive as published in 2010/477/EU: Commission Decision of 1 September 2010 on criteria and methodological standards on good environmental status of marine waters (notified under document C(2010) 5956). |
| Creator | European Commission |
| Modified | 2017-02-25 |
| Version Info | 3 |
| Identifier | C45 |
| Register Manager | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Register Owner | European Commission |
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| ID ↑ | Preferred Label ↑ | Definition ↑ | Date ↑ |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Biological diversity maintained | Biological diversity is maintained. The quality and occurrence of habitats and the distribution and abundance of species are in line with prevailing physiographic, geographic and climate conditions | 2017-02-24 |
| D3 | Commercial fish and shellfish populations are healthy | Populations of all commercially exploited fish and shellfish are within safe biological limits, exhibiting a population age and size distribution that is indicative of a healthy stock | 2017-02-24 |
| D8 | Contaminants do not produce pollution effects | Concentrations of contaminants are at levels not giving rise to pollution effects | 2017-02-24 |
| D9 | Contaminants in seafood do not exceed established levels | Contaminants in fish and other seafood for human consumption do not exceed levels established by Community legislation or other relevant standards | 2017-02-24 |
| D5 | Eutrophication is minimised | Human-induced eutrophication is minimised, especially adverse effects thereof, such as losses in biodiversity, ecosystem degradation, harmful algal blooms and oxygen deficiency in bottom water | 2017-02-24 |
| D7 | Hydrographical conditions are not altered | Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions does not adversely affect marine ecosystems | 2017-02-24 |
| D11 | Introduction of energy does not adversely affect the marine environment | Introduction of energy, including underwater noise, is at levels that do not adversely affect the marine environment | 2017-02-24 |
| D4 | Marine food webs are at normal abundance and diversity | All elements of the marine food webs, to the extent that they are known, occur at normal abundance and diversity and levels capable of ensuring the long-term abundance of the species and the retention of their full reproductive capacity | 2017-02-24 |
| D2 | Non-indigenous species do not adversely affect ecosystem | Non-indigenous species introduced by human activities are at levels that do not adversely alter the ecosystem | 2017-02-24 |
| D10 | Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm | Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment | 2017-02-24 |
| D6 | Sea-floor integrity supports ecosystem | Sea-floor integrity is at a level that ensures that the structure and functions of the ecosystems are safeguarded and benthic ecosystems, in particular, are not adversely affected | 2017-02-24 |
