MED-GIG: Mediterranean Coastal Member States: France Greece Italy coordinator (G.Casazza) Spain Cyprus Malta Slovenia Croatia ECOSTAT, Ispra, June 3-4, 2007

IC Types

P H I T O L A N K

P H I T O L A N K

M A C R O L G E

Ecological State Groups Infralittoral algal communities reflect environmental changes of waters quality Ulvacean algae Lithophyllum incrustans Mytilus sp. Blue-green algae Sensitivity gradient - pollution - sensitivity Cystoseira sp. Pollution gradient + pollution + sensitivity Lithophyllum byssoides Corallina sp. CARLIT BENTHOS EEI ESG II ESG I Ecological State Groups

AN G I O S P E R M

P. oceanica classification systems in the different participating countries

B E N T H I C V R A S

TRANSITIONAL WATERS NO IC in present phase Work is in progress I° Mediterranean TW expert meeting: Sète, March 1, 2006 II° Mediterranean TW expert meeting: Athens, March 1, 2007 - IC exercise will start, at this stage, only on the Transitional Water Type “Coastal lagoons”; - Priority on benthic macro-invertebrates; - MSs will try to define IC sites, (including RC and expected “Bad” sites, data on pressures, surface area and salinity) - Selection of biological tools or indicators/metrics and approaches (intercalibration common metrics, bilateral comparisons) - Data analysis will start (April – September 07) - Preliminary comparison of data in a common meeting mid of June/July. III° Mediterranean TW expert meeting: Mallorca, July 23-24, 2007 Work is in progress