Assessment of ecosystem health status using MESH+, Apr. 2020

This dataset presents the resulting assessment grid (based on the EEA reference grid) with the classification of ecosystem health of the transitional, coastal and marine waters in the context of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). This classification has been performed using the MESH+ (Marine EcoSystem Health) tool.

The MESH+ tool builds on the EEA assessment tools developed and applied in the context of assessing the degree of contamination (CHASE+), eutrophication (HEAT+) and biodiversity (BEAT+) in Europe's seas (EEA, 2018a, 2019c; Vaughan et al., 2019). MESH+ makes use of the same data sets and threshold values used in these assessments but recombines these in a new framework that addresses 'ecosystem condition'.

The overall area of interest used is based on the marine regions and subregions under the MSFD. Additionally, Norwegian (Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea) and Icelandic waters (’Iceland Sea’) have been added (see Surrounding seas of Europe). Note that within the North East Atlantic region only the subregions within EEZ boundaries (~200 nm) have been included. The spatial resolution of the assessment grid is 20 km x 20 km in coastal areas and 100 km x 100 km in offshore areas.

This dataset underpins the findings and cartographic representations published in the report "Marine Messages II" (EEA, 2020): https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/marine-messages-2

Date (Creation): 2019-05-08

Date (Publication): 2020-05-14

Edition: 01.00

Citation identifier: eea_v_3035_20_km_mesh-ecosystem-health_p_2006-2016_v01_r00

Citation identifier: DAT-233-en

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
European Environment Agency		sdi@eea.europa.eu	Point of contact
European Environment Agency		sdi@eea.europa.eu	Custodian

Point of contact

No information provided.

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Keywords

GEMET

transitional waters
marine ecosystem
ocean
coastal water
sea water
ecosystem assessment
sea
Water Framework Directive

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

Iceland Sea
Aegean Sea
English Channel
North Sea
Barents Sea
Norwegian Sea
Kattegat
Adriatic Sea
Black Sea
Bay of Biscay
Baltic Sea
Mediterranean Sea

Spatial scope

European

EEA Management Plan

2020 1.6.2

EEA topics

Chemicals
Seas and coasts
Water
Biodiversity
Pollution

Sous-regions marines

/Métropole
/Métropole/Manche mer du Nord
/Métropole/Mers Celtiques
/Métropole/Golfe de Gascogne
/Métropole/Méditerranée occidentale

Thématiques - SIMM

/Etat du Milieu/Habitats

Thématiques - SIMM

/Etat du Milieu/Pollutions

Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS

/Données dérivées/Indicateurs

Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS

/Données dérivées/Produits composites

Cadre Réglementaire - SIMM

Directive Cadre Stratégie pour le Milieu Marin (DCSMM)

Cadre Réglementaire - SIMM

Directive Cadre sur l'Eau (DCE)

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: no limitations to public access

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged ( http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

Aggregate Datasetindentifier: 3feffd63-ab0b-4f03-84e8-b2c324c93bbe

Association Type: Cross reference

Aggregate Datasetindentifier: 7c66cfd5-4246-4b9d-86af-624950aa49d4

Association Type: Cross reference

Aggregate Datasetindentifier: 70064384-f3b7-49ad-b137-bdf31af82158

Association Type: Cross reference

Initiative Type: Collection

Spatial representation type: Vector

Distance: 100 km

Distance: 20 km

Language: English

Topic category

Environment
Oceans

Begin date: 2006-01-01

End date: 2016-12-31

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:3035

Distribution format

Name	Version
SHP	1

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
EEA:FILEPATH	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_v_3035_20_km_mesh-ecosystem-health_p_2006-2016_v01_r00/MESH+.shp
WWW:URL	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/660a7b8e-27c0-4b94-b495-e2d6d98ddd42	Direct download
OGC:WMS	https://marine.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/Marine/MESH_ecosystem_health/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/provisional-identification-and-mapping-of	EEA website - graphic
ESRI:REST	https://marine.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/Marine/MESH_ecosystem_health/MapServer

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Statement: Results of classification of 'Marine Ecosystem Health' using the MESH+ tool. The Ecosystem Health status is evaluated in five classes:

- "NPAhigh" and "NPAgood" are recognised as ‘non-problem areas’

- "PAmoderate", "PApoor" and "PAbad" are recognised as ‘problem areas’.

The MESH+ tool builds on the EEA assessment tools developed and applied in the context of assessing the degree of contamination (CHASE+), eutrophication (HEAT+) and biodiversity (BEAT+) in Europe's seas (EEA, 2018a, 2019c; Vaughan et al., 2019). MESH+ makes use of the same data sets and threshold values used in these assessments but recombines these in a new framework that addresses 'ecosystem condition'.

This dataset underpins the findings and cartographic representations published in the report "Marine Messages" (EEA, 2020), available on https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/marine-messages-2/.