Data
BEAT+ Integrated classification of biodiversity condition in Europe’s seas
European data
Results of Biodiversity status assessment, using BEAT+ Tool
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Metadata
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Reporting obligations (ROD)
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- Not applicable
- Relation:
- Parent data set: HEAT+ Eutrophication Assessment Tool
- Parent data set: MESH+ Marine EcoSystem Health assessment tool
- Parent data set: CHASE+ Contaminants Assessment
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Geographic accuracy:
- 20 km x 20 km grid cells in coastal areas 100 km x 100 km grid cells in offshore areas
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Scale of the data set:
- 1:100000
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Rights:
- 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 (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Methodology:
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).
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Units:
dimensionless status class
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Coordinate reference system:
- EPSG:3035
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Data sources
CHASE+: https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/chase-contaminants-assessment
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Processors:
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Additional information
BEAT+ has been designed to provide an assessment of the spatial variability of a range of biodiversity components by combining existing biodiversity indicators
Marine messages II has developed, tested and applied a new multi‑metric indicator‑based assessment tool named 'European Marine Ecosystem Condition (Health) Tool' (MESH+). 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'.
Results of classification of biodiversity status using the BEAT+ tool. 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’
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For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/beat-integrated-classification-of-biodiversity or scan the QR code.
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