Introduction of non-indigenous species in Europe Seas, Jan. 2020

The dataset represents the introduction of non-indigenous species in European seas. Non-indigenous species are species that have been spread as a result of human activities to areas where they do not belong naturally. The main concern are the invasive species, which are defined as causing a significant negative impact on biodiversity as well as serious economic and social consequences.

The dataset has been prepared first by individually mapping each aquatic invasive species that had a distinctive distribution area, which had been provided by several non-indigenous species online databases. The distribution of the species were then resampled into the EEA 10 km grid and summed together, showing the number of non-indigenous species per grid cell. The temporal reference of the dataset covers the last 30 years (1989 - 2018).

This dataset has been prepared for the calculation of the combined effect index, produced for the ETC/ICM Report 4/2019 "Multiple pressures and their combined effects in Europe's seas" available on: https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-icm/etc-icm-report-4-2019-multiple-pressures-and-their-combined-effects-in-europes-seas-1.

Date (Creation): 2019-05-01

Date (Publication): 2020-01-27

Edition: 01.00

Citation identifier: eea_r_3035_10_km_intro-aqua-nis_p_1989-2018_v01_r00

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

Species distribution

Keywords

GEMET

pressure
sea
introduction of plant species
introduction of animal species
aquatic animal
environmental pressure

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

Black Sea
Iceland Sea
Adriatic Sea
Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)
Kattegat
Baltic Sea
North Sea
Norwegian Sea
Barents Sea
Celtic Sea
Bay of Biscay
Ionian Sea
English Channel
Mediterranean Sea

Spatial scope

European

EEA topics

Biodiversity
Sustainability challenges
Seas and coasts

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

Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS

/Données dérivées/Produits composites

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).

Spatial representation type: Grid

Distance: 10 km

Language: English

Topic category

Environment
Oceans

Begin date: 1989-01-01

End date: 2018-12-31

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:3035

Distribution format

Name	Version
GeoTIFF

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
EEA:FILEPATH	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_r_3035_10_km_intro-aqua-nis_p_1989-2018_v01_r00/NIS_sum_unnormalized.tif
WWW:URL	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/cc8c0653-59e7-4f20-aa05-5f8ecb720fee	Direct download
ESRI:REST	https://water.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/Marine/Pressures_Invasive_non_indigenous_species/MapServer
OGC:WMS	https://water.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/Marine/Pressures_Invasive_non_indigenous_species/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

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: The dataset was made by first individually mapping each aquatic invasive species that had a distinctive distribution area. The distinctive distribution areas for all species were based on information from various non-indigenous species online databases:

• Algaebase.org

• Nobanis.org

• Marinespecies.org

• Cabi.org

• Europe-aliens.org

• Ciesm.org

• Invasions.si.edu/nemesis/

• iucn.org

• iucngisd.org/gisd/

• Eol.org

• Marlin.ac.uk

The distribution was mapped according to the information from the aforementioned databases into the EEA 10 km grid.

If the species was observed only occasionally in the area, it was not considered sufficient for the distribution of that area. If the species was reported ‘often observed’ in the area, the area was included in its distribution. The Mediterranean area was also supplemented by information on the distribution of non-indigenous species provided by local experts.

All species layers were summed together into one raster, showing the number of non-indigenous species per grid cell.