EEA geospatial data catalogue
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" (EEA, 2020).
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- Date ( Creation )
- 2019-05-08
- Date ( Publication )
- 2020-05-14
- Edition
- 01.00
- Identifier
- eea_v_3035_20_km_mesh-ecosystem-health_p_2006-2016_v01_r00
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
- EEA keyword list
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- MESH+
- Ecosystem health
- Assessment tool
- Marine
- Marine water
- Oceans environment
- EEA categories ( Theme )
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- geospatial data
- GEMET ( Theme )
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- Water Framework Directive
- marine ecosystem
- transitional waters
- ecosystem assessment
- sea
- sea water
- coastal water
- ocean
- Continents, countries, sea regions of the world. ( Place )
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- Adriatic Sea
- Barents Sea
- Norwegian Sea
- Mediterranean Sea
- Aegean Sea
- Kattegat
- English Channel
- Bay of Biscay
- Baltic Sea
- Black Sea
- North Sea
- Iceland Sea
- Spatial scope ( Theme )
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- European
- 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
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Distance
- 100 km
- Distance
- 20 km
- Metadata language
- en
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Oceans
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- Begin date
- 2006-01-01
- End date
- 2016-12-31
- CRS identifier
- EPSG:3035
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
- https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/mesh-marine-ecosystem-health-assessment-tool ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- OnLine resource
- Direct download (Eionet authentication) ( WWW:URL )
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date ( Publication )
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Statement
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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/.
gmd:MD_Metadata
- File identifier
- 660a7b8e-27c0-4b94-b495-e2d6d98ddd42 XML
- Metadata language
- en
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2020-07-10T17:35:11
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115/19139
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
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