Assessment of contaminant status of indicators of biological effects using CHASE+, Dec. 2019

This data set presents the resulting assessment grid (based on the EEA reference grid) with the classification of chemical status of the transitional, coastal and marine waters in the context of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), providing a mapping of contamination 'problem areas' and 'non-problem areas' based on measurements of biological effects.

This classification has been performed using the CHASE+ tool, with classifications of the of contaminant status of indicators of biological effects. The 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’.

Monitoring biological effects is restricted to a few indicators (e.g. imposex) and data coverage is currently limited. Biological effects have thus been addressed in only 134 assessment units, mostly in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the North-East Atlantic Ocean.

This data set underpins the findings and cartographic representations published in the EEA report “Contaminants in Europe’s seas” (No 25/2018). See the mentioned report for further information.

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Date (Creation)
2019-03-06
Date (Publication)
2019-03-21
Edition
01.00
Identifier
eea_v_3857_20_km_chase-bioe_p_2009-2016_v01_r00
Identifier
DAT-211-en
Point of contact
  European Environment Agency
Kongens Nytorv 6 , Copenhagen , K , 1050 , Denmark
https://www.eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

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Custodian
  European Environment Agency
Kongens Nytorv 6 , Copenhagen , 1050 , Denmark
https://www.eea.europa.eu
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Keywords
Keywords
GEMET
  • biological effect
  • marine ecosystem
  • sea
  • good chemical status
  • ocean
  • marine biology
  • marine biota
  • sea water
  • contamination
  • environment
  • environmental quality
  • aquatic environment
  • indicator-based assessment
Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
  • Kattegat
  • Celtic Sea
  • Bay of Biscay
  • Baltic Sea
  • North Sea
Spatial scope
  • European
EEA Management Plan
  • 2018 1.6.2
EEA topics
  • Chemicals
  • Seas and coasts
  • Water
  • Biodiversity
  • Pollution
Sous-regions marines
  • /Métropole
  • /Métropole/Manche mer du Nord
  • /Métropole/Mers Celtiques
  • /Métropole/Golfe de Gascogne
  • /Métropole/Méditerranée occidentale
Thématiques - SIMM
  • /Etat du Milieu/Habitats
Thématiques - SIMM
  • /Etat du Milieu/Pollutions
Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS
  • /Données dérivées/Indicateurs
Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS
  • /Données dérivées/Produits composites
Cadre Réglementaire - SIMM
  • Directive Cadre Stratégie pour le Milieu Marin (DCSMM)
Cadre Réglementaire - SIMM
  • Directive Cadre sur l'Eau (DCE)
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).
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Association Type
Cross reference
Aggregate Datasetindentifier
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Association Type
Cross reference
Aggregate Datasetindentifier
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Association Type
Cross reference
Aggregate Datasetindentifier
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Association Type
Cross reference
Aggregate Datasetindentifier
7c66cfd5-4246-4b9d-86af-624950aa49d4
Association Type
Cross reference
Spatial representation type
Vector
Distance
20  km
Distance
100  km
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Oceans
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Begin date
2009-01-01
End date
2016-12-31
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:3857
Distribution format
  • SHP ( )

OnLine resource
https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_v_3857_20_km_chase-bioe_p_2009-2016_v01_r00/ ( EEA:FILEPATH )
OnLine resource
Direct download ( WWW:URL )
OnLine resource
Contaminants-in-Europes-seas-online-material-INPUT.xlsx ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
Contaminants-in-Europes-seas-online-material-RESULTS-final.xlsx ( WWW:DOWNLOAD )
OnLine resource
Contaminants in Europe's seas ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Moving towards a clean, non-toxic marine environment. This assessment represents a first attempt to map contamination 'problem areas' and 'non-problem areas' at the scale of Europe's seas, while also exploring whether Europe has broken some of the trends for long‑established hazardous substances.

OnLine resource
https://marine.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/Marine/CHASE_contaminants_Biological_effects/MapServer ( ESRI:REST )
OnLine resource
https://marine.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/Marine/CHASE_contaminants_Biological_effects/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS ( OGC:WMS )
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Statement

This assessment is based on data on contaminants, monitored in transitional, coastal and marine waters in the context of the WFD and the MSFD. For this analysis, Europe's seas were divided into grid cells of 20 × 20 km2 in coastal waters and 100 × 100 km2 in offshore areas. The CHASE+ methodology is a simple five-step procedure applied in every assessment unit. For 'biological effects', a contaminant ratio (CR = Cstatus/Cthreshold) is calculated. The values are then subdivided into five status classes with class boundaries: 0.0-0.5 (NPAhigh), 0.5-1.0 (NPAgood), 1.0-5.0 (PAmoderate), 5.0-10.0 (PApoor) and > 10.0 (PAbad).

Based on the EEA reference grid, two grids have been developed covering the Marine Regions and Sub-regions of Europe. The first grid 100x100 km cell is used in offshore areas (> 20 km from the coastline); the second grid 20x20 km covers the coastal areas (<= 20 km from the coastline). The grid sizes were chosen after an evaluation of data availability versus the need for sufficient detail in the resulting assessment. Each cell in the grids has a unique identification defined from the lower left UTM coordinates. The CHASE+ results are associated to the unique cells in the grids.

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/.

Source
File identifier
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Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-01-15T21:06:08.316165Z
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  European Environment Agency
Kongens Nytorv 6 , Copenhagen , K , 1050 , Denmark
 
 

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Keywords

Cadre Réglementaire - SIMM
Directive Cadre Stratégie pour le Milieu Marin (DCSMM) Directive Cadre sur l'Eau (DCE)
EEA Management Plan
2018 1.6.2
EEA topics
Biodiversity Chemicals Pollution Seas and coasts Water
GEMET
aquatic environment biological effect contamination environment environmental quality good chemical status indicator-based assessment marine biology marine biota marine ecosystem ocean sea sea water
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Oceanographic geographical features Sea regions
Spatial scope
European
Thématiques - SIMM
/Etat du Milieu/Habitats /Etat du Milieu/Pollutions
Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS
/Données dérivées/Indicateurs /Données dérivées/Produits composites

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