RED LIST OF EUROPEAN HABITATS. Marine Results Presentation 24 th May, 2016

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1 RED LIST OF EUROPEAN HABITATS Marine Results Presentation 24 th May, 2016

2 Geographical scope of the project

3 Habitat Typology One typology for marine and terrestrial At the same time... revision of EUNIS Marine: bridging differences between Regional Seas Not all marine habitats included

4 Habitats across the Regional Seas Regional Sea Baltic Sea 61 Black Sea 53 Black Sea Sea of Marmara 9 North East Atlantic 86 Mediterranean 47 Total 256 EUNIS L4

5 Results

6 North East Atlantic Proportion in each Red List category across depth zones (excluding Data Deficient)

7 Pressures and threats

8 Baltic Sea Comparison with HEOM (2013) Red List assessment

9 Mediterranean Sea Assessment criteria A B C/D Changes in quantity Narrow geographical range Changes in quality

10 Black Sea

11 Most endangered habitats BALTIC Endangered Infaunal communities on Baltic infralittoral shell gravel Sparse epibenthic communities of Baltic upper circalittoral muddy sediment MEDITERRANEAN Endangered Communities of Mediterranean estuarine mediolittoral rock Communities of Mediterranean mediolittoral coarse sediment estuarine Communities of Mediterranean mediolittoral mud estuarine Algal dominated communities in the Mediterranean infralittoral sediment Mediterranean infralittoral oyster beds Photophilic communities with canopy-forming algae in Mediterranean infralittoral and upper circalittoral rock BLACK SEA Endangered Mussel beds on Pontic circalittoral terrigenous muds. BLACK SEA Critically Endangered A Pontic circalittoral biogenic detritic bottoms with dead or alive mussel beds, shell deposits, with encrusting corallines (Phymatolithon, Lithothanion) and attached foliose sciaphilic macroalgae NORTH EAST ATLANTIC Endangered Polychaete/bivalve-dominated mid-estuarine Atlantic littoral mud Polychaete/oligochaete-dominated upper estuarine Atlantic littoral mud Marine Atlantic littoral mud with associated communities Mussel beds in the Atlantic littoral zone NORTH EAST ATLANTIC Critically Endangered Seagrass beds on Atlantic infralittoral sand (non-macaronesian)

12 1130 Estuaries (U2) Cross reference to Habitats Directive Annex 1 North East Atlantic - Estuaries A1.32 Fucoids on variable salinity Atlantic littoral rock A1.45 Ephemeral green or red seaweeds (freshwater or sand-influenced) on Atlantic littoral non-mobile substrata A2.12 Estuarine Atlantic littoral coarse sediment Polychaete/bivalve-dominated midestuarine A2.31 Atlantic littoral mud EN A2.32 Polychaete/oligochaete-dominated upper estuarine Atlantic littoral mud EN Hediste diversicolor dominated variable A2.41 salinity Atlantic littoral gravelly sandy mud A2.61 Seagrass beds on Atlantic littoral sediment NT Kelp in variable salinity low energy A3.32 Atlantic infralittoral rock A3.34 Submerged fucoids, green or red seaweeds on low salinity Atlantic infralittoral rock A3.36 Faunal communities on variable or reduced salinity Atlantic infralittoral rock A4.25 Faunal communities on variable salinity Atlantic circalittoral rock A5.12 Faunal communities in estuarine Atlantic sublittoral coarse sediment A5.22 Estuarine Atlantic sublittoral sand A5.32 Estuarine Atlantic sublittoral mud NT A5.42 Estuarine Atlantic sublittoral mixed sediment 1170 Reefs (U1) Baltic - Reefs Kelp communities on Baltic infralittoral rock and mixed substrata (predominantly hard) Perennial algal communities (excluding kelp) on Baltic infralittoral rock and mixed substrata (predominantly hard) Aquatic moss communities on Baltic infralittoral rock and mixed substrata (predominantly hard) Stable aggregations of unattached perennial vegetation on Baltic infralittoral mixed substrata (predominantly hard) Crustose algal communities on Baltic infralittoral rock and mixed substrata (predominantly hard) Annual algal communities on Baltic infralittoral rock and mixed substrata (predominantly hard) Epifaunal communities on Baltic infralittoral rock and mixed substrata (predominantly hard) Sparse or absent epifaunal communities on Baltic infralittoral rock and mixed substrata (predominantly hard) Communities on Baltic infralittoral clay and other hard substrata NT Kelp communities on Baltic infralittoral coarse sediment/shell gravel NT Epifaunal communities on Baltic circalittoral rock and mixed substrate (predominantly hard) NT Sparse or no macrocommunities on Baltic circalittoral rock and mixed substrate (predominantly hard) Communities on Baltic circalittoral clay and other hard substrata

13 CROSS CUTTING SLIDE? Only if we have time. Number of habitats in each category across the regional seas Main pressures? maybe just EU28?

14 EUNIS LEVEL 5 Some examples from the Black Sea Level 4 Level 5 Habitat name Assessment EU 28 Assessment EU 28+ A3.3z Pontic lower infralittoral rock, with significant cover of sciaphilic algae A3.3z1 Lower infralittoral rock with extensive stands CR CR of Phyllophora crispa with some Apoglossum ruscifolium and Gelidium spinosum A5.24 Pontic infralittoral muddy sand A5.24A Pontic lower infralittoral thalassiniddominated EN muddy sands with Upogebia pusilla and sparse macrofauna A5.61 Polychaete worm reefs in the Pontic infralittoral zone A5.61a Biogenic reefs of Ficopomatus enigmaticus on sheltered upper infralittoral rock A5.61c Massive serpulid reefs with bivalves Ostrea edulis, Mytilus galloprovincialis and Petricola lithophaga on lower infralittoral rock CR CR

15 Important milestones (apart from assessment results!) - Combined terrestrial and marine - Across regional seas - More detail on where the data deficiencies lie - Structured and systematic approach at EU level which will compliment national and regional sea initiatives

16 Thanks to the many people who have contributed to project.