| Fish indicator |
1.1 Abundance and distribution of juvenile flounder |
State indicator |
Meri Kallasvuo, Eevi Kokkonen & Antti Lappalainen |
1.1.1. Distributional range
1.2.1. Population abundance and/or biomass
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities |
2. Regional |
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| Fish indicator |
1.2 Long term abundance and distribution of demersal fish in relation to benthic communities (fourhorn sculpin Myoxocephalus quadricornis and eelpout Zoarces viviparous example) |
State indicator |
Ēriks Krūze, Atis Minde |
1.1.1. Distributional range
1.2.1. Population abundance and/or biomass
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities |
3. National waters |
|
| Fish indicator |
1.3 Abundance and impact of non-native fish species (round goby example) |
State indicator |
Ēriks Krūze, Atis Minde |
1.1.1. Distributional range
1.2.1. Population abundance and/or biomass |
2. Regional |
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| Fish indicator |
1.4 Abundance index of large (TL>250 mm) perch (Perca fluviatilis) in monitoring catches |
State indicator |
Lauri Saks, Roland Svirgsden, Kristiina Jürgens, Aare Verliin, Markus Vetemaa |
1.3.1. Population demographic characteristics (e .g. body size or age class structure, sex ratio, fecundity rates, survival/ mortality rates) |
1. Local |
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| Fish indicator |
1.5 The length at sexual maturation of female pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) in monitoring catches. |
State indicator |
Lauri Saks, Kristiina Jürgens, Antti Lappalainen, Eevi Kokkonen, Outi Heikinheimo, Aare Verliin, Markus Vetemaa, Ülle Talvik |
1.3.1. Population demographic characteristics (e .g. body size or age class structure, sex ratio, fecundity rates, survival/ mortality rates) |
2. Regional |
|
| Fish indicator |
1.6 Abundance of Cyprinids |
State indicator |
Antti Lappalainen |
1.2.1. Population abundance and/or biomass |
1. Local |
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| Fish indicator |
1.7 Trophic diversity index of juvenile fish |
State indicator |
Martin Ogonowski, Göran Sundblad, AquaBiota Water Research |
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities
1.6.2. Relative abundance and/or biomass, as appropriate |
3. National waters |
|
| Fish indicator |
1.8 Habitat-related functional diversity of juvenile fish |
State indicator |
Martin Ogonowski, Göran Sundblad, AquaBiota Water Research |
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities
1.6.2. Relative abundance and/or biomass, as appropriate |
3. National waters |
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| Benthic indicators |
2.1 Accumulated cover of perennial macroalgae |
State indicator |
Nicklas Wijkmark |
1.5.2. Habitat volume
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities
1.6.2. Relative abundance and/or biomass, as appropriate |
4. Baltic Sea wide |
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| Benthic indicators |
2.2 Accumulated cover of submerged vascular plants |
State indicator |
Nicklas Wijkmark |
1.5.2. Habitat volume
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities
1.6.2. Relative abundance and/or biomass, as appropriate |
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Benthic indicators |
2.3 Beach wrack Macrovegetation Index (BMI) |
State indicator |
Kaire Torn, Georg Martin, Madara Alberte |
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.2. Relative abundance and/or biomass, as appropriate
1.7. Ecosystem structure
1.7.1. Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components (habitats and species) |
2. Regional |
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| Benthic indicators |
2.4 Indicator of macroalgal community structure (MCS) |
State indicator |
Tiia Möller, Georg Martin |
1.7. Ecosystem structure
1.7.1. Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components (habitats and species) |
3. Baltic sea wide |
|
| Benthic indicators |
2.5 Habitat diversity index |
State indicator |
Kristjan Herkül |
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities |
3. Baltic sea wide |
|
| Benthic indicators |
2.6 Seafloor exploitation index |
Pressure indicator |
Kristjan Herkül |
1.6. Habitat condition |
3. Baltic sea wide |
|
| Benthic indicators |
2.7 Spectral variability index |
State indicator |
Kristjan Herkül |
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities
1.7.1. Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components (habitats and species) |
2. Regional |
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| Benthic indicators |
2.8 Condition of soft sediment habitats – the aRPD approach |
State indicator |
Henrik Nygård |
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.3. Physical, hydrological and chemical conditions |
1. Local |
|
| Benthic indicators |
2.9 Population structure of Macoma balthica |
State indicator |
Henrik Nygård and Vadims Jermakovs |
1.3. Population condition
1.3.1. Population demographic characteristics (e .g. body size or age class structure, sex ratio, fecundity rates, survival/ mortality rates) |
2. Regional |
|
| Benthic indicators |
2.10 Cladophora glomerata growth rate |
State indicator |
Ari Ruuskanen |
1.2. Population size
1.2.1. Population abundance and/or biomass |
2. Regional |
|
| Benthic indicators |
2.11 Depth distribution of selected perennial macroalgae |
State indicator |
Ari Ruuskanen |
1.1. Species distribution
1.1.1. Distributional range |
2. Regional |
|
| Benthic indicators |
2.12 Community heterogeneity, CH |
State indicator |
Jonne Kotta, Merli Pärnoja |
1.6. Habitat condition
1.7. Ecosystem structure
1.7.1. Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components (habitats and species) |
2. Regional |
|
| Benthic indicators |
2.13 Number of functional traits, NFT |
State indicator |
Jonne Kotta, Merli Pärnoja |
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities
1.7. Ecosystem structure
1.7.1. Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components (habitats and species) |
2. Regional |
|
| Benthic indicators |
2.14 Macrozoobenthos community index, ZKI |
State indicator |
Jonne Kotta |
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities
1.6.2. Relative abundance and/or biomass, as appropriate
1.7. Ecosystem structure
1.7.1. Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components (habitats and species) |
2. Regional |
|
| Benthic indicators |
2.15 Reed belt extent – the NDVI approach via high resolution satellite images |
State indicator |
Hanna Piepponen, Meri Koskelainen and Kirsi Kostamo |
1.5. Habitat extent
1.5.1. Habitat area |
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Pelagic indicators |
3.1 Phytoplankton species assemblage clusters based on environmental factors. |
State indicator |
Bärbel Müller-Karulis, Iveta Jurgensone, Ieva Bārda |
1.6.2. Relative abundance and/or biomass, as appropriate
1.6.3. Physical, hydrological and chemical conditions
1.7.1. Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components (habitats and species) |
2. Regional |
|
| Pelagic indicators |
3.2 Seasonal progression of phytoplankton functional groups |
State indicator |
Andres Jaanus |
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities
1.6.2. Relative abundance and/or biomass, as appropriate
1.7. Ecosystem structure
1.7.1. Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components (habitats and species) |
2. Regional |
|
| Pelagic indicators |
3.3 Cyanobacterial surface accumulations - the CSA-index |
State indicator |
Saku Anttila, Jenni Attila and Vivi Fleming-Lehtinen |
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.2. Relative abundance and/or biomass, as appropriate |
2. Regional |
|
| Pelagic indicators |
3.4 Phytoplankton taxonomic diversity (Shannon95) |
State indicator |
Laura Uusitalo, Vivi Fleming-Lehtinen, Heidi Hällfors, Andres Jaanus, Lauri London and Seija Hällfors |
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities |
2. Regional |
|
| Pelagic indicators |
3.5 Phytoplankton trait- and dendrogram based functional diversity index (FD) |
State indicator |
Sirpa Lehtinen and Riina Klais |
1.7. Ecosystem structure
1.7.1. Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components (habitats and species) |
2. Regional |
|
| Pelagic indicators |
3.6 Spring bloom intensity index |
State indicator |
Jenni Attila, Sofia Junttila, Saku Anttila and Vivi Fleming-Lehtinen |
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.2. Relative abundance and/or biomass, as appropriate |
2. Regional |
|
| Pelagic indicators |
3.7 Copepod biomass |
State indicator |
Elena Gorokhova, Maiju Lehtiniemi, Solvita Strake, Jurate Lesutiene, Natalja Demereckiene and Laura Uusitalo |
1.2. Population size
1.2.1. Population abundance and/or biomass
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.2. Relative abundance and/or biomass, as appropriate |
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Pelagic indicators |
3.8 Zooplankton diversity |
State indicator |
Laura Uusitalo and Maiju Lehtiniemi |
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities |
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Pelagic indicators |
3.9 Microphagous mesozooplankton biomass |
State indicator |
Elena Gorokhova, Maiju Lehtiniemi, Solvita Strake, Jurate Lesutiene, Natalja Demereckiene and Laura Uusitalo |
1.2. Population size
1.2.1. Population abundance and/or biomass
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.2. Relative abundance and/or biomass, as appropriate |
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Pelagic indicators |
3.10 Zooplankton mean size vs. total stock (MSTS) |
State indicator |
Elena Gorokhova, Maiju Lehtiniemi, Jurate Lesutiene, Solvita Strake, Laura Uusitalo, Natalja Demereckiene, Callis Amid |
1.2. Population size
1.2.1. Population abundance and/or biomass
1.3. Population condition
1.3.1. Population demographic characteristics (e .g. body size or age class structure, sex ratio, fecundity rates, survival/ mortality rates)
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities |
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.1 Abundance index of wintering waterbird species |
State indicator |
Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Andres Kuresoo, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.2. Population size
1.2.1. Population abundance and/or biomass
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities |
2. Regional
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.2 Wintering waterbird index (WWBI) |
State indicator |
Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Andres Kuresoo, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities
1.7. Ecosystem structure
1.7.1. Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components (habitats and species) |
2. Regional
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.3 Wintering indices for waterbirds of different feeding guilds (WWBIFG) |
State indicator |
Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Andres Kuresoo, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities
1.7. Ecosystem structure
1.7.1. Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components (habitats and species) |
2. Regional
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.4 Abundance index of breeding waterbird species |
State indicator |
Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Andres Kuresoo, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.2. Population size
1.2.1. Population abundance and/or biomass
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities |
2. Regional
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.5 Breeding waterbird index (BWBI) |
State indicator |
Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Andres Kuresoo, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities
1.7. Ecosystem structure
1.7.1. Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components (habitats and species) |
2. Regional
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.6 Distribution of wintering waterbird species |
State indicator |
Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Andres Kuresoo, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.1. Species distribution
1.1.1. Distributional range
1.1.2. Distributional pattern within the range |
1. Local
2. Regional
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.7 Distribution of wintering waterbirds (multi-species) |
State indicator |
Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Andres Kuresoo, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities
1.7. Ecosystem structure
1.7.1. Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components (habitats and species) |
1. Local
2. Regional
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.8 Distribution of wintering waterbirds of different feeding guilds (multi-species) |
State indicator |
Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Andres Kuresoo, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities
1.7. Ecosystem structure
1.7.1. Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components (habitats and species) |
1. Local
2. Regional
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.9 Distribution of breeding waterbird species |
State indicator |
Andres Kuresoo, Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.1. Species distribution
1.1.1. Distributional range
1.1.2. Distributional pattern within the range |
1. Local
2. Regional
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.10 Breeding success: clutch and brood size of breeding species |
State indicator |
Andres Kuresoo, Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece, Martti Hario |
1.3. Population condition
1.3.1. Population demographic characteristics (e .g. body size or age class structure, sex ratio, fecundity rates, survival/ mortality rates)
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities |
1. Local
2. Regional
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.11 Age/sex ratio of waterbird species (ARI/SRI) |
State indicator |
Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Andres Kuresoo, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.3. Population condition
1.3.1. Population demographic characteristics (e .g. body size or age class structure, sex ratio, fecundity rates, survival/ mortality rates)
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities |
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.12 Proportion of oiled waterbirds |
Pressure indicator |
Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Andres Kuresoo, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.3. Population condition
1.3.1. Population demographic characteristics (e .g. body size or age class structure, sex ratio, fecundity rates, survival/ mortality rates)
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities |
1. Local
2. Regional
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.13 Abundance index of beached birds |
Pressure indicator |
Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Andres Kuresoo, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.3. Population condition
1.3.1. Population demographic characteristics (e .g. body size or age class structure, sex ratio, fecundity rates, survival/ mortality rates)
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities |
1. Local
2. Regional
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.14 Abundance index of by-caught birds |
Pressure indicator |
Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Andres Kuresoo, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.3. Population condition
1.3.1. Population demographic characteristics (e .g. body size or age class structure, sex ratio, fecundity rates, survival/ mortality rates) |
1. Local
2. Regional
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.15 Indicator on condition of waterbirds |
Pressure indicator |
Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Andres Kuresoo, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.3. Population condition
1.3.1. Population demographic characteristics (e .g. body size or age class structure, sex ratio, fecundity rates, survival/ mortality rates)
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities |
2. Regional
3. National waters |
|
| Bird indicators |
4.16 Feeding pressure on waterbird food sources |
Pressure indicator |
Ainars Auniņš, Leif Nilsson, Andres Kuresoo, Leho Luigujõe, Antra Stīpniece |
1.6. Habitat condition
1.6.1. Condition of the typical species and communities
1.6.2. Relative abundance and/or biomass, as appropriate |
1. Local
2. Regional
3. National waters
4. Baltic Sea wide |
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