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Introduction of non-indigenous species in Europe Seas, Jan. 2020

The dataset represents the introduction of non-indigenous species in European seas. Non-indigenous species are species that have been spread as a result of human activities to areas where they do not belong naturally. The main concern are the invasive species, which are defined as causing a significant negative impact on biodiversity as well as serious economic and social consequences.

The dataset has been prepared first by individually mapping each aquatic invasive species that had a distinctive distribution area, which had been provided by several non-indigenous species online databases. The distribution of the species were then resampled into the EEA 10 km grid and summed together, showing the number of non-indigenous species per grid cell. The temporal reference of the dataset covers the last 30 years (1989 - 2018).

This dataset has been prepared for the calculation of the combined effect index, produced for the ETC/ICM Report 4/2019 "Multiple pressures and their combined effects in Europe's seas" available on: https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-icm/etc-icm-report-4-2019-multiple-pressures-and-their-combined-effects-in-europes-seas-1.

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Date (Creation)
2019-05-01
Date (Publication)
2020-01-27
Edition
01.00
Identifier
eea_r_3035_10_km_intro-aqua-nis_p_1989-2018_v01_r00
Point of contact
  European Environment Agency
Kongens Nytorv 6 , Copenhagen , K , 1050 , Denmark
http://www.eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

No information provided.
Custodian
  European Environment Agency
Kongens Nytorv 6 , Copenhagen , 1050 , Denmark
http://www.eea.europa.eu
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Species distribution
Keywords
Keywords
GEMET
  • pressure
  • sea
  • introduction of plant species
  • introduction of animal species
  • aquatic animal
  • environmental pressure
Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
  • Black Sea
  • Iceland Sea
  • Adriatic Sea
  • Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)
  • Kattegat
  • Baltic Sea
  • North Sea
  • Norwegian Sea
  • Barents Sea
  • Celtic Sea
  • Bay of Biscay
  • Ionian Sea
  • English Channel
  • Mediterranean Sea
Spatial scope
  • European
EEA topics
  • Biodiversity
  • Sustainability challenges
  • Seas and coasts
Sous-regions marines
  • /Métropole
  • /Métropole/Manche mer du Nord
  • /Métropole/Mers Celtiques
  • /Métropole/Golfe de Gascogne
  • /Métropole/Méditerranée occidentale
Thématiques - SIMM
  • /Etat du Milieu/Espèces
Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS
  • /Données dérivées/Produits composites
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).
Spatial representation type
Grid
Distance
10  km
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Oceans
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Begin date
1989-01-01
End date
2018-12-31
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:3035
Distribution format
  • GeoTIFF ( )

OnLine resource
https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_r_3035_10_km_intro-aqua-nis_p_1989-2018_v01_r00/NIS_sum_unnormalized.tif ( EEA:FILEPATH )
OnLine resource
Direct download ( WWW:URL )
OnLine resource
https://water.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/Marine/Pressures_Invasive_non_indigenous_species/MapServer ( ESRI:REST )
OnLine resource
https://water.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/Marine/Pressures_Invasive_non_indigenous_species/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS ( OGC:WMS )
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

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

The dataset was made by first individually mapping each aquatic invasive species that had a distinctive distribution area. The distinctive distribution areas for all species were based on information from various non-indigenous species online databases:

• Algaebase.org

• Nobanis.org

• Marinespecies.org

• Cabi.org

• Europe-aliens.org

• Ciesm.org

• Invasions.si.edu/nemesis/

• iucn.org

• iucngisd.org/gisd/

• Eol.org

• Marlin.ac.uk

The distribution was mapped according to the information from the aforementioned databases into the EEA 10 km grid.

If the species was observed only occasionally in the area, it was not considered sufficient for the distribution of that area. If the species was reported ‘often observed’ in the area, the area was included in its distribution. The Mediterranean area was also supplemented by information on the distribution of non-indigenous species provided by local experts.

All species layers were summed together into one raster, showing the number of non-indigenous species per grid cell.

File identifier
cc8c0653-59e7-4f20-aa05-5f8ecb720fee XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2021-01-07T09:35:14
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

EEA topics
Biodiversity Seas and coasts Sustainability challenges
GEMET
aquatic animal environmental pressure introduction of animal species introduction of plant species pressure sea
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Species distribution
Spatial scope
European
Thématiques - SIMM
/Etat du Milieu/Espèces
Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS
/Données dérivées/Produits composites

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