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 II" (EEA, 2020): https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/marine-messages-2
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2019-05-08
- Date (Publication)
- 2020-05-14
- Edition
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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
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact European Environment Agency
Custodian
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
Spatial resolution
- Spatial resolution
- 100 km
Spatial resolution
- Spatial resolution
- 20 km
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Oceans
Extent
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2006-01-01 2016-12-31
Extent
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- GEMET
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coastal water
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transitional waters
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sea water
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ocean
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marine ecosystem
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ecosystem assessment
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Water Framework Directive
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sea
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- Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
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Norwegian Sea
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North Sea
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Barents Sea
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English Channel
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Baltic Sea
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Bay of Biscay
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Adriatic Sea
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Black Sea
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Iceland Sea
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Aegean Sea
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Kattegat
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Mediterranean Sea
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- Spatial scope
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European
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- EEA Management Plan
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2020 1.6.2
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- EEA topics
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Chemicals
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Seas and coasts
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Water
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Biodiversity
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Pollution
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Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
Resource constraints
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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License CC-BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Associated resource
- Association Type
- Cross reference
- Metadata Reference
Associated resource
- Association Type
- Cross reference
- Metadata Reference
Associated resource
- Association Type
- Cross reference
- Initiative Type
- Collection
- Language
- English
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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SHP
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- OnLine resource
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Direct download
- OnLine resource
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EEA website - graphic
Provisional identification and mapping of ‘problem areas’ (PA) and ‘non-problem areas’ (NPA) with respect to the ‘ecosystem condition’ of Europe’s seas
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Report
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
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See the referenced specification
Resource lineage
- 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/.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
- Code
- EPSG:3035
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 660a7b8e-27c0-4b94-b495-e2d6d98ddd42
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/660a7b8e-27c0-4b94-b495-e2d6d98ddd42
- Date info (Creation)
- 2020-03-13T08:41:03Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-10-09T10:54:41.741917Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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ISO 19115/19139
- Edition
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1.0
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