Assessment of eutrophication status in European seas using HEAT+, May 2019

The dataset presents the results of classification of eutrophication status of the European seas using the HEAT+ tool. Eutrophication status is evaluated in five classes, where NPAhigh and NPAgood are recognised as ‘non-problem areas’ and PAmoderate, PApoor and PAbad are recognised as ‘problem areas’.



Besides the overall Eutrophication status (HEAT+) are the results shown for three aspects of eutrophication:

C1) Nutrient Concentrations

C2) Direct Effects

C3) Indirect Effects



This dataset underpins the findings and cartographic representations published in the report "Nutrient enrichment and eutrophication in Europe's seas" (EEA, 2019): https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/nutrient-enrichment-and-eutrophication-in.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2019-05-08
Date (Publication)
2020-01-13
Edition

01.00

Citation identifier
eea_v_3035_20_km_heat-eutrophication_p_2006-2016_v01_r00

Citation identifier
DAT-217-en

Point of contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

http://www.eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Custodian
Spatial representation type
Vector

Spatial resolution

Spatial resolution
20 km

Spatial resolution

Spatial resolution
100 km
Topic category
  • Environment

Extent

N
S
E
W




Temporal extent

Time period
2006-01-01 2016-12-31
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
GEMET

  • sea water

  • ecological status

  • marine environment

  • nutrient content

  • eutrophication

  • environmental quality

  • contamination

  • nutrient balance

  • sea

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

  • Norwegian Sea

  • Barents Sea

  • Black Sea

  • Iceland Sea

  • Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin

  • Ionian Sea

  • Bay of Biscay

  • Aegean Sea

  • Celtic Sea

  • English Channel

  • Adriatic Sea

  • Mediterranean Sea

  • Kattegat

  • Baltic Sea

  • Mediterranean Sea, Eastern Basin

Spatial scope

  • European

EEA Management Plan

  • 2019 1.6.2

EEA topics

  • Seas and coasts

  • Water

  • Biodiversity

Resource constraints

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access

Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

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
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Associated resource

Association Type
Cross reference
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Associated resource

Association Type
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Associated resource

Association Type
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Association Type
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Associated resource

Association Type
Cross reference
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Associated resource

Association Type
Cross reference
Metadata Reference
Language
English

Distribution Information

Distribution format

  • SHP

OnLine resource

https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_v_3035_20_km_heat-eutrophication_p_2006-2016_v01_r00/

OnLine resource

Direct download

OnLine resource

EEA website - graphic

HEAT+ based classifications of 'direct effects' of eutrophication

OnLine resource

EEA website - graphic

HEAT+ based classification of 'nutrient concentration levels'

OnLine resource

EEA website - graphic

HEAT+ based classifications of 'indirect effects' of eutrophication

OnLine resource

EEA website - graphic

Integrated HEAT+ based classifications of 'eutrophication status'

OnLine resource

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

OnLine resource

WMS

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

See the referenced specification

Resource lineage

Statement

Results of classification of Eutrophication Status using the HEAT+ tool. Eutrophication 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 results are shown for 3 aspects of eutrophication:

C1) Nutrient Concentrations

C2) Direct Effects

C3) Indirect Effects



All results are summed up in the layer HEAT+) the overall Eutrophication status



More information can be found in the report "Contaminants in Europe's seas" and online material on https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/contaminants-in-europes-seas/.

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Source

Reference System Information

Reference System Information

Code
EPSG:3035

Metadata

Metadata identifier
7c66cfd5-4246-4b9d-86af-624950aa49d4

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

Type of resource

Resource type
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/7c66cfd5-4246-4b9d-86af-624950aa49d4

Date info (Creation)
2020-01-13T13:42:40Z
Date info (Revision)
2025-10-09T10:59:27.516976Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115/19139

Edition

1.0

 
 
Access to the catalogue

Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

EEA Management Plan

2019 1.6.2
EEA topics

Biodiversity Seas and coasts Water
GEMET

contamination ecological status environmental quality eutrophication marine environment nutrient balance nutrient content sea sea water
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Oceanographic geographical features
Spatial scope

European


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