selection of trends in key parameters Supporting parameters to interpret results of the assessment (e.g. change in climatic factors) Pressures Pressures arising A planned section Clean and Pressures and and focusing on human undisturbed seas from human impacts impacts, activities and Physical loss  activities. including pressures in terms Physical loss and damage to Spatial distribution input of and damage to the seafloor and trends of activity anthropogenic matter the seafloor, Extraction of pressures and  (Art. and extraction of including activities based on fish and 8.1.b) marine resources. OSPAR monitoring hydrological shellfish Note that and indicators, as far changes descriptors are Introduction  as these are available Extraction of planned to be of addressed in the fish and Eutrophication: section on shellfish species of status “assessment Introduction of Eutrophication  Based on D5 of ecosystem health” non-indigenous common indicators,  Contamination (row above) the Common species Marine litter Spatial distribution  Procedure, riverine Eutrophication of main and/or Underwater  nutrient assessment Contamination trends in main noise and and atmospheric Marine litter nutrient deposition human activities and other forms of assessment Underwater pressures, including energy and other core pressure Climate  Hazardous forms of indicator(s), change substances: energy Cumulative Climate change assessment of Based on D8 common indicators, pressures using full CEMP pressure indices, assessment and spatial assessments of heavy representation metal (Hg, Cd and Pb) inputs via water and air Radioactive substances: Based on Fourth Periodic Evaluation
selection of trends in key parameters Supporting parameters to interpret results of the assessment (e.g. change in climatic factors) Pressures and impacts, including activity (Art. 8.1.b) Pressures arising from human activities. Spatial distribution and trends of pressures and activities based on OSPAR monitoring and indicators, as far as these are available Eutrophication: Based on D5 common indicators, the Common Procedure, riverine nutrient assessment and atmospheric nutrient deposition assessment Hazardous substances: Based on D8 common indicators, full CEMP assessment and assessments of heavy metal (Hg, Cd and Pb) inputs via water and air Radioactive substances: Based on Fourth Periodic Evaluation A planned section focusing on human activities and pressures in terms input of anthropogenic matter and extraction of marine resources. Note that descriptors are planned to be addressed in the section on “assessment of status of ecosystem health” (row above) Spatial distribution of main and/or trends in main human activities and pressures, including core pressure indicator(s), Cumulative assessment of pressures using pressure indices, spatial representation Clean and undisturbed seas  Physical loss and damage to the seafloor  Extraction of fish and shellfish  Introduction of species  Eutrophication  Contamination  Marine litter  Underwater noise and other forms of energy  Climate change Pressures and impacts Physical loss and damage to the seafloor, including hydrological changes Extraction of fish and shellfish Introduction of non-indigenous species Eutrophication Contamination Marine litter Underwater and other forms of energy Climate change
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