BSEP116B Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea - Helcom

ANNEX III: CONSERVATION STATUS OF THE BALTIC
COMPARISON TO HELCOM THREAT ASSESSMENT
N2k-Code Natural Habitat Type Denmark Estonia Finland Germany
N2K HEL N2K HEL N2K HEL N2K HEL
1110 MAR Sandbanks which are slightly U2 3 FV 3 U1 3 XX 2
covered by sea water all the time
1130 BOR Estuaries FV 3 U2 3
1130 CON Estuaries FV 3 U2 3
1140 BOR Mudflats and sandflats not
FV 3 3
covered by seawater at low tide
1140 CON Mudflats and sandflats not U2 3 U1 3
covered by seawater at low tide
1150 BOR Coastal lagoons FV 3/P U1 2/2
1150 CON Coastal lagoons U2 3/P U2 2/P
1160 BOR Large shallow inlets and bays FV U1 3
1160 CON Large shallow inlets and bays U2 3 U1 2
1170 MAR Reefs U2 3 FV 3 U1 3 XX 2
1180 MAR Submarine structures made by U2 2-3
leaking gases
1610 BOR Baltic esker islands with sandy,
P U1 2
rocky and shingle beach vegetation
and sublittoral vegetation
1650 BOR Boreal Baltic narrow inlets U1 3
Abbreviations used in the table:
a. in relation to Natura 2000
N2K: Natura 2000, FV: Favourable- / U1: Inadequate- / U2: Bad- / XX: Unknown conservation status
CON: Continental Biogeographic Region of the EU; BOR: Boreal Biogeographic Region of the EU; According
to the biogeographic regions of the EU, Baltic Sea EU members belong either to the Continental Region
(Denmark, Germany, Poland), to the Boreal Region (Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania) or are assigned to
both (Sweden). Russia, as non EU state, would belong with her St. Petersburg area to the Boreal Region
and with the Kaliningrad oblast to the Continental Region.
MAR: These habitat types are in this case assessed for the entire Baltic Sea area, because they were not as
clearly defined as the other habitats and therefore were subject to a scientific reservation by the Habitats
Committee of the EU. Meanwhile new definitions exist (European Commission 2007).
b. in relation to HELCOM
HEL: Threat assessments according to the HELCOM Red List of Biotopes (HELCOM 1998).
Codes: refer to codes biotope types (numbers) or biotope complexex (letters) in HELCOM (1998).
Threat Categories according to HELCOM (1998): 0 - Completely destroyed, 1 - Immediately threatened, 2 -
Heavily endangered, 3 – Endangered,
P - Potentially endangered, - Presumably not endangered at present.
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