1. Eva Royo Gelabert Project Manager Marine assessments
Breakout session EEA-led EMMA workshop on “Ecological processes/biological elements” Day 2: 21 November 2006
Eva Royo Gelabert
Project Manager
Marine assessments

2. Background documents Many documents provided for workshop
Most of them are for reference and further reading
Main working documents for Day 2 are:
“Indicator” package: EMMA WS2/3, 4 & 5
“Monitoring” package: EMMA WS2/6

3. Groups Group 1 “HELCOM/UNEP-MAP”  To Fontana room(4th floor)
Group 2 “OSPAR/ICES”  Stay here!
See lists provided for Group “affiliation”

4. Themes/Quality elements (1/2) Group 1 HELCOM/UNEP-MAP
Tables EEA-led EMMAWS2/4
Some overlaps (faster discussion)
Biology
B5, B6 and B7 (habitats)
C8, C9 and C14 (species)
Chlorophyll
Ecology
D1 (eutrophication)
Nutrients/
Pressures & impacts
I1, I2, I3, I4 and I5
(physico-chemical/organic)
Nutrients

5. Themes/Quality elements (2/2) Group 2 OSPAR/ICES
Tables EEA-led EMMAWS2/4
Some overlaps (faster discussion)
Biology
B5, B6 and B7 (habitats)
C10, C11, C12 and C13 (species)
Fish and invasive aliens
Ecology
D1 (eutrophication)
Nutrients
Pressures & impacts
E1, E2, F1, F2, F3, G1 and G2 (physical)
I1 (physico-chemical/organic)
J1, J2 and J3 (biological)

6. Process (1/2) “Gap possibilities” need to be verified:
“Indicator” document EEA-led EMMAWS2/4  Table by table as allocated to Group
“Gap analysis” (in existing regional indicators vis-a-vis what should be assessed under the MSD “initial assessment”)
Verification of the indicators/datas sets included on the table
“Gap possibilities” need to be verified:
Looking at the “Monitoring” table EEA-led EMMAWS2/6
Asking participants (elements may not be assessed at the regional level, but national monitoring may exist)

7. Process (2/2)
When we have an actual entry on the table (not a gap), we need to check:
Coverage” (how many seas?)
What is it?: Established indicator, indicator under development, or dataset (or project)  Implications for further development
Recommendations to EMMA & EEA on “next steps” (e.g. detailed comparison)
Limitations!! (e.g. consistency, incomplete monitoring table), but we are starting the process