MSFD (1º cycle assessment) - Descriptor 5: Eutrophication (old)

Under the Marine Directive 2008/56/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 June 2008, article 8 - assessment. D5 : Human-induced eutrophication is minimised, especially adverse effects thereof, such as losses in biodiversity, ecosystem degradation, harmful algae blooms and oxygen deficiency in bottom waters. Eutrophication is a process driven by the enrichment of water by nutrients, usually from agriculture or urban discharges. Dissolved nitrogen and phosphorous are the main inorganic nutrients in the water column responsible for the eutrophication of marine waters. In their marine strategies, EU Member States need to look at the levels of nutrient concentrations, the levels of chlorophyll concentrations, the spatial extent and duration of harmful algal blooms, the transparency of the water column, and the levels of dissolved oxygen in the water. This dataset is part of the High Value/HVD Datasets identified in accordance with Implementing Regulation No. 2023/138 of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 on open data and the reuse of public sector information.