BEAT+ Integrated classification of biodiversity condition in Europe’s seas, May 2020

The BEAT+ 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. BEAT+ makes use of the same data sets and threshold values used in these assessments but recombines these in a new framework that addresses 'biodiversity condition'.


BEAT+ has been designed to provide an assessment of the spatial variability of a range of biodiversity components by combining existing biodiversity indicators. The tool integrates data from normalised indicators to identify worst case status measures for different biodiversity components. The results are then linked to a standard gridE based Spatial Assessment Unit (SAU) which is used both for biodiversity and for pressures assessments (Andersen et al., 2014). These grid-based SAUs not only allow alignment of indicators for biodiversity and for pressures but provide a means for combining large assessment areas (e.g. for wide‐ranging species) with point data collected from biological surveys e.g. WFD monitoring.


BEAT+ tool works by calculating a Biological Quality Ratio (BQR) which is an aggregated score of indicator outcomes within a grid square. To allow objective comparison, the indicator outcomes are normalised to a scale of 0 to 1, with five status classes at equal intervals on that scale (from Bad starting at 0, Poor at 0.2, Medium at 0.4, Good at 0.6 and High at 0.8). By this means, indicators based on different biological criteria can be aggregated in a consistent way.


This metadata refers to dataset providing the results of classification of biodiversity status using the BEAT+ tool. The status is evaluated in five classes, where High and Good are recognised as ‘non-problem areas’ and Moderate, Poor and Bad are recognised as ‘problem areas’. The dataset covers:

- BQR Assessment of all marine mammals combined (mainly focused on coastal and relatively stable inshore populations of seals, dolphins and porpoises)

- BQR Assessment of seabirds and wading birds

- BQR Assessment of commercial fish (as these have agreed targets defined on biomass and fishing mortality)

- BQR Assessment of pelagic habitats

- BQR Assessment of benthic habitats

- BQR Assessment of worst-performing biodiversity groups

- An overall synthesis of the Biological Quality Ratios (BQR) values (showing which are the worst -lowest- BQR values in each assessment grid cell. The ‘worst’ value is used here to identify the biological group most at risk, rather than averaging over all groups to avoid over-­emphasis on groups with more intensive monitoring).


As reference, please consult the ETC/ICM Report 3/2019: Biodiversity in Europe's seas: https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-icm/products/biodiversity-in-europes-seas. The indicator BEAT+ Integrated Assessment Worst Case BQR has been used in the EEA report 17/2019 "Marine Messages II": https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/marine-messages- 2.

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Date (Creation)
2019-05-08
Date (Publication)
2020-05-27
Edition

01.00
Citation identifier
eea_v_4258_20_km_beat_p_2011-2016_v01_r00
Citation identifier
DAT-235-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
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Keywords
Keywords

GEMET

  • coastal water

  • marine pollution

  • water

  • marine monitoring

  • marine environment

  • sea

  • marine ecosystem

  • sea water

  • deep sea

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

  • Norwegian Sea

  • North Sea

  • Mediterranean Sea, Eastern Basin

  • Bay of Biscay

  • English Channel

  • Baltic Sea

  • Barents Sea

  • Celtic Sea

  • Adriatic Sea

  • Black Sea

  • Ionian Sea

  • Kattegat

  • Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin

  • Tyrrhenian Sea

  • North Atlantic Ocean

  • Mediterranean Sea

  • Aegean Sea

Spatial scope

  • European
EEA topics

  • Water

EEA Management Plan

  • 2019 1.6.2

Sous-regions marines

  • /Métropole

  • /Métropole/Manche mer du Nord

  • /Métropole/Mers Celtiques

  • /Métropole/Golfe de Gascogne

  • /Métropole/Méditerranée occidentale

Thématiques - SIMM

  • /Etat du Milieu/Espèces

Thématiques - SIMM

  • /Etat du Milieu/Habitats

Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS

  • /Données dérivées/Indicateurs

Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS

  • /Données dérivées/Produits composites
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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).

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Vector
Distance
20  km
Distance
100  km
Language
English
Topic category
  • Environment
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Begin date
2011-01-01
End date
2016-12-31
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4258
Distribution format
Name Version

SHP
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

EEA:FOLDERPATH

 		https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_v_4258_20_km_beat_p_2011-2016_v01_r00/

WWW:URL

 		https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/70064384-f3b7-49ad-b137-bdf31af82158

Direct download

OGC:WMS

 		https://water.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/Marine/BEAT_assessment/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

ESRI:REST

 		https://water.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/Marine/BEAT_assessment/MapServer
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Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification
Statement

The BEAT+ tool itself is anchored in earlier versions of the tool developed and tested by Helcom (2010a) and the EU‑funded Devotes project (Uusitalo et al., 2016; Nygård et al., 2018). The indicators used for assessing biodiversity conditions across Europe' seas range from planktonic organisms over benthic communities to fish, seabirds, reptiles and marine mammals — and each indicator is represented by two numerical values, a figure representing biodiversity and a figure representing agreed target values (e.g. from Helcom, the OSPAR Commission, maximum sustainable yield (MSY).


As reference, please consult the ETC/ICM Report 3/2019: Biodiversity in Europe's seas: https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-icm/products/biodiversity-in-europes-seas. The indicator BEAT+ Integrated Assessment Worst Case BQR has been used in the EEA report 17/2019 "Marine Messages II": https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/marine-messages- 2.

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Metadata

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70064384-f3b7-49ad-b137-bdf31af82158 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2022-02-02T07:46:12.591Z
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115/19139
Metadata standard version

1.0
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Point of contact
 
 

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Keywords

EEA Management Plan
2019 1.6.2
EEA topics
Water
GEMET
coastal water deep sea marine ecosystem marine environment marine monitoring marine pollution sea sea water water
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Oceanographic geographical features Sea regions
Spatial scope
European
Thématiques - SIMM
/Etat du Milieu/Espèces /Etat du Milieu/Habitats
Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS
/Données dérivées/Indicateurs /Données dérivées/Produits composites

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