Water Framework Directive Directive 2000/60/EC Intercalibration for coastal and transitional waters Wendy Bonne JRC

Water Framework Directive Directive 2000/60/EC

Intercalibration for coastal and transitional waters

Wendy BonneJRC

Coastal and transitional waters

• Presentation = fact sheets for each important topic in the intercalibration process

• Milestone report 1 = crucial to understand development and reality in the GIGs, also for the COAST coordinator, to set priorities

• Worries emerging from reports and way forward

• COAST coordinator homework – MS homework – WISER homework

IC organisationGIG / BQE / IC

groups

Baltic Sea

DKHenning Karup

NEA

UKPeter

Holmes

MED ITCW:Anna

Maria CiceroTW:

Franco Giovanardi

Black Sea

RO VirginiaSchroder+ Ramona

Bercea

Phytoplankton?

Angiosperms?

Fish fauna?

Macrobenthic Invertebr. ?

Macroalgae?

Ramona BerceaKristina

Dencheva

?

BUSnejana

Moncheva

CW: IT Luisa Mangialajo

TW: GR Sotiris Orfanidis

ES Javier

Romero

CW: IT Adriana GiangrandeTW: IT Alberto Basset

FRMario

Lepage

CW: HR Robert Precali / TW: ES Julio González del Río Rams

DK Dorte Krause-Jensen

ES José A. Juanes + FRPatrick Dion

PT João M. Neto +

Rui Santos

ESAngel Borja

UKSteve

Coates

UKMike Best

DK Karsten

Dahl

?

DETorsten

Berg

IC ?

Ramona BerceaKristina

Dencheva

ROVirginia

Schroder

MEDTW

SteeringComm

Represen-tative

from each MS:

GR, IT, FR, ES for the

moment

Member States’participation

Baltic Sea

NEA MED Black Sea

Phytoplankton

Angiosperms

Fish fauna

Macrobenthic Invertebrates

MacroalgaeMalta

missing, IT not active

No participa-tion Portugal outside PT

No country taking lead

IC ?LV, PO,

LI

Malta missing

Malta missing

Ireland not active yet

Contact Romania

not known

No experts yet

Activity ?

Malta missing

Spain difficult + Italy NOT: finances


Meeting activity FI+ LI problem



Contact Bulgaria

not known

Activity ?

?



Intercalibration organisation problems – GIG / BQE / IC groups

Problem of lack of BQE leadsWay forward for the moment from COAST coordinator:• Expert contact list update of 4 GIGs: about 250 experts in total –

contact your colleagues for problem solving• Exchange contact list + cross-GIG overview + method description

structure with WISER experts• Better Black Sea contact establishment in their next meeting + MED

steering committee meeting• Read the Milestone report of your BQE in other GIGs - cross-GIG

overview !But this is not sufficient to efficiently guide the process• COAST meeting in January 2010: proposals for BQE leads

Phytoplankton is in highest need of cross-GIG exchange !

Information provision

contained mainly planning

Baltic Sea

NEA MED Black Sea

Phytoplankton?

Angiosperms?

Fish fauna?

Macrobenthic Invertebrates ?

Macroalgae?

?silence

IC ?silence

OKdetailed

No further action

planned

OKdetailed

OKdetailed

OKdetailed

No sufficient

detail

No sufficient

detail

No sufficient

detail

OKdetailed

OKdetailed

OKdetailed

OK

OK

OKdetailed

OK

OK

OK

OK

IC Commission Decision

Coastal Waters

Phytoplankton

Angiosperms

Fish fauna


Macroalgae

Baltic Sea

8MS

NEA

10 MS + NO

MED

7MS

Black Sea

2MS

4 of 7 MS2 of 8 MS

6 of 8 MS

2 of 7 MS

All 10 MS + NO

10 MS +NO

8 of 10 MS

2 MS

2 MS

6 of 9 MS 5 of 7 MS

4 of 9 MS

6 of 7 MS

Baltic Sea 8MS

NEA10 MS + NO

MED7MS+HR

+GIB

Black Sea 2MS

PhytoplanktonBlooms/

Composition

Angiosperms

Fish fauna


Macroalgae

Assessment method

availability

NO, Planned, proper

transects jointly

selected

RO, BU?

Methods known for all 8 MS, DK no TW

NO, Planned, proper

transects jointly

selected

Under develop-ment in MS

separately, Try-out of metrics, List to compile

NO, under development,

Try-out of metrics

CW+TW: NO, under develop-ment, Try-out of

metrics, List compiled

NO, under development,

Try-out of metrics

CW OK 5 of 7 MS, + under develop-ment hard bottom TW: GR, ES, IT, FR

1 or 2 methods

No further action planned

FR OKNo methods for ES, IT,

GR

LV, PO, LI?

TW Methods by Jan-Feb 2010 info

6 of 8 MS methods, over-view available,

to refine in WISER quest.

4 of 8 MS have metrics, overview

available, to refine in WISER

All 8 MS metrics,4 all parameters, overview availa-

ble , Try-out common metrics

CW+TW: NO, under develop-

ment, List compiled

CW+TW: NO, under develop-

ment, List compiled

TW

CW: 5 of 7 MS TW: NO, under development,

List to compile

CW: 4 of 7 MS TW: NO, under development,

List to compile

Assessment method lack /development problems

• MS have not developed lacking methods during the last 6 years

• MS will maybe demonstrate that some of them are impossible to assess in a meaningful way

• What is the truth ?

• Expected from WISER experts (with support of experience of IC Steering Committee) to provide independent demonstration/ opinion on method development feasibility

• If confirmed, jointly with IC Panel, accepted as final result for IC

• If not, MS will experience some pressure to accept a simple common metric proposal from WISER, until a more refined method is worked out (update of IC Commission Decision with sufficient scientific progress/new development)

Baltic Sea

NEA MED Black Sea

Phytoplankton

Angiosperms

Fish fauna


Macroalgae

YES 2 workshops +

1 Oct 09 Common sampling

?

YES startedMethods

description worked out to

check compliance

Only for biomass (total

biovolume)

WFD compliance

?

NO further action

planned

YES startedMethods hardly WFD compatib-le, FR broader

applicable

CW + TW: NO action

planned

TW: YES, Planned for

Jan-Feb 2009

CW YES, DE, DK, SE, FI, EE started,

check different sensitivity

CW YES, started

CW YES, started

CW + TW: YES, to be started

CW + TW: YES, to be started Silence

Compliance of 1st phase planned

Discussion next meeting

No plans yet

No plans yet

No plans yet

Typology Baltic Sea

NEA MED Black Sea

Phytoplankton

Angiosperms

Fish fauna

Macrobenthic InvertebratesHard substrate ?

Macroalgae1 type,

none to be added

?

CW: subdivision considered

TW: list common types by end October 2009

Typology prepared,

decision next meeting

?

1 type, none to be

added

1 type, none to be

added

CW: no revision planned

TW: Preparation made, decision

to be taken

CW: current typology, revi-

sion considered in 2010

CW: no revision planned

TW: Preparation made, decision to be taken by Oct

CW: subdivision considered like phytoplankton +

hard bottomTW: list by Oct09

Coastal/transitional WB

designation issues


CW: maybe new type considered

CW: maybe new type considered

CW: typology being refined

CW: no subdivision

TW: list common types by end October 2009CW: subject to

debateTW: list common

types by end October 2009

Redefinition of typology

Redefinition of typology

Typology problems• Coastal waters or transitional waters category for fish:

distinction between two categories not always clear

• Response from Member States for transitional waters needed

• Hard substrate considerations – intertidal/subtidal

• Problem lack of BQE leads for BQE specific sub-typology

• COAST meeting in January 2010: typology propositions will have to be presented

• Matches with reference conditions (reported in assessment methods overview) have to be checked!

Pressures Baltic Sea

NEA MED Black Sea

Phytoplankton

Angiosperms

Fish fauna

Macrobenthic InvertebratesHard substrate ?

Macroalgae

?Very different

data in relation to pressures

?

No further action

planned

Not commonly evaluated, FR in relation to

land use cover GIS

Eutrophication/ general degradCheck species

sensitivity classification

Organic enrichment

Eutrophi-cation

Lacking data hazardous

subst., hydro-morphology

EutrophicationOnly DK

method testedCW + TW: YES,

to be started


EutrophicationGeneral

degradation: BSP ?

EutrophicationGeneral

degradation: BSP ?

Improve dose/response

analysis eutrophication

EutrophicationVague on BSP

Organic enrichment,

hazard. subst. / General

degradation

Same pressures, but which ones ?

Same pressures, but which ones ?

Eutrophication

Reference conditions

Baltic Sea

NEA MED Black Sea

PhytoplanktonBlooms/Composition

Angiosperms

Fish fauna


Macroalgae

?IC ?

CW: Ref sitesTW: Common understanding

by Nov 09

No further action

planned

No compari-son due to different sampling

PlannedAfter finishing

methods

No plans yet for detail

TW: ref cond/ benchmark

with common dataset Oct 09

General considerationNo plans yet

for detail

Only for biomass

(total biovolume)



General considerationNo plans yet

for detail

CW: Ref sitesTW: Common understanding

by Nov 09

CW: debateTW: Common understanding

by Nov 09

CW: Ref condTW: Common understanding

by Nov 09

No plans yet

No plans yet

No plans yetCW + TW: YES, to be started

Reference conditions

• How to control all the different situations on reference conditions definitions?

• More detailed overview state-of-the-art by November 2009 based on technical report and received information of the 1st round of intercalibration

• This will be supplemented • by the WISER methods’ information compilation • + additional questions to the GIGs (some advice is always

welcome for this, like from WG RC 5 nov. 2009)

• Clear weaknesses have to be highlighted

• Link with reference conditions in rivers: downstream – upstream consistency

Way forward

Compliance and reference conditions problems

• COAST meeting in January 2010: overview of reference conditions for compliance checking will be presented

• Typology correspondence with reference conditions has to be checked!

• Comparison of reference conditions is necessary (even if you use completely different methods in option 3, a common understanding on reference conditions should be agreed, also for fish)

• Alien species: some coastal water community assessment methods (macrobenthic invert. fauna, macroalgae) include significant impact of alien species assessment (if aliens absent in reference) – comparison of outcome with methods that do not is needed

• Consistency with and joint efforts with Marine Strategy Framework Directive !!!

Baltic Sea

NEA MED Black Sea

Phytoplankton

Angiosperms

Fish fauna


Macroalgae

YES planned by end Oct 2009,

metadata being collected

YES TW: planned for

Oct 2009

YES IC Common field sampling

Weser – dataset in FR by Dec 09

?

NOMS datasets,

common metadata set to be discussed

NO, MS datasets + common meta-data, possible IC sites to define

Common datasetdevelopment

YES planned, proper sample

transects jointly selected

?

YES planned, proper sample

transects jointly selected

YES planned efforts to collect

data


YES, IC Common field sampling in Mar Menor – 1st

data Oct09 + extra 2010

YES EE, LV + LT

so far

YES planned, no deadline

given

Not clear yet, metadata, IC

selection

Not clear yet, metadata, IC

selection

YES planned, not started

yet

YES planned, not started

yet

Not clear yet for total MED

Not clear yet for total MED

IC optionBaltic Sea

NEA MED Black Sea

Phytoplankton

Angiosperms

Fish fauna


Macroalgae

?Option 3? Option 3

Option 3Option 3 Option 3(or 2)


Not known yet, option 2 considered

Option (1or) 2 for biomass (biovolume)

Option 1 considered

Option 1 considered

Not known yet, option 2 considered

Not known yet

Not known yet Option 2

Discussion next meetingOption 2 ? Option 1

considered

Option 2

Meetings

Baltic Sea

Feb 2010

NEA

Feb 2010

MED Steering

Com Nov 09,GIG Feb

2010

Black SeaNov 2009

?Phytoplankton

?

Angiosperms?

Fish fauna?

Macrobenthic Invertebrates ?

Macroalgae? ?

?

?

?

?

19 – 23 Oct 2009

Jan – Feb 2010

12 – 15 Oct 2009

Feb 2010

Feb 2010

Feb 2010

Nov 2009Feb 2010 Feb 2010

Feb 2010

Feb 2010

Feb 2010

Jan – Feb 2010

Jan – Feb 2010

?

COAST coordinator homeworkand MS homework+ Wiser homework

COAST coordinator homework• Facilitating communication between Member States

• Keep an eye on compliance – IC process• Start with reference conditions overview

• Present your products in a nice structural way in the new technical report: also important as living document during the process, not only at the end• Start with methods overview structure in correspondence

with WISER questionnaire + reference conditions

• Shared information can prevent reinventing the wheel

MS homework

• Plan the date of your next GIG / BQE lead meetings to come to a fruitful exchange, also with the COAST coordinator, as was the case in the Baltic Sea GIG

• Take care of the WISER questionnaire for methods overview + questions for review of reference conditions

• High expectations for february 2010• At COAST meeting in January 2010 MS will have to present:

• TW Typology (revision for CW) propositions • CW and TW Methods overview• CW and TW Compiled common datasets• Candidates for BQE leads to support cross-GIG consistency

WISER homework

• At COAST meeting in January 2010 WISER to present• Their gathered datasets• Their views on development of common metrics and their

compliance with WFD

• Consider methods of your neighbour when you don’t have one: this is maybe the only exam in your life where copying from your neighbour is allowed if your neighbour is happy with that

• I am not able to solve your problems !• But I will support you in finding a way for problem solving• Everyone has its role, so please take it up

Thanks for your cooperation to try to make the puzzle without becoming puzzled yourself

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Water Framework Directive Directive 2000/60/EC Intercalibration for coastal and transitional waters Wendy Bonne JRC