SUMMARY TABLE FOR EUROPEAN RED LIST PROJECT – BALTIC ASSESSMENTS
The European Red List project is working with the EUNIS habitat typology (mostly level 4 for marine habitats). To
build on work already done in the Baltic, we have been looking at ways of cross-referencing this to the existing
HELCOM HUB classification. At the same time work has started on revising the marine typology of EUNIS. This has
been a complicating factor but also an opportunity to link the Baltic work to an EU level project.
There are several key things to remember;
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The HELCOM HUB classification and assessments will not change as a result of this project
The marine EUNIS consultation and revisions will not be completed within the timescale of our project.
A full scale revision of EUNIS is not one of the project tasks but we need to make sure the typology we use
for the project makes sense at both a Baltic and European level.
There is an ongoing consultation on the revision of marine EUNIS, and HELCOM members are being
consulted separately on this
The following table shows the working list of Baltic marine habitats for the Red List project. It shows those which
need final sign off based on previous work, and those which require further discussion/clarification either on
typology (shaded boxes) or assessment.
Typology questions to resolve
x
x
x
Under biogenic reef or other?
Epifauna/infauna together or separate?
Pycnocline as marker for lower circalittoral?
Assessment questions to resolve
x
x
Assessed but needs clarification
Assessment needed
H
ab
HELCOM Code
Functional habitat
1
2
AA.A1C4/AA.M1C4
AA.A1C/AA.A1D
3
AA.M1Q
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Workshop
assessment
Threat
criteria
LC
LC
A1
A1
EN
A1
AA.A1R/AA.M1R
Kelp communities on Baltic infralittoral rock and mixed substrata
Perennial algal or moss communities on Baltic infralittoral rock and mixed substrata
Stable aggregations of unattached perennial vegetation on Baltic infralittoral mixed
substrata
Crustose algal communities on Baltic infralittoral rock and mixed substrata
LC
A1
AA.A1S/AA.M1S
Annual algal communities on Baltic infralittoral rock and mixed substrata
LC
A1
Submerged rooted plant communities on Baltic infralittoral mixed substrata
Emergent vegetation communities on Baltic infralittoral mixed substrata (hard and soft)
Epifaunal turf communities on Baltic infralittoral rock and mixed substrata
Sparse or absent epifaunal communities on Baltic infralittoral rock and mixed substrata
Baltic infralittoral clay and other hard substrata
NT
A1
LC
A1
LC
A1
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
AA.M1B
AA.M1A
AA.M1
AA.A2/AA.M2
AA.C
AA.A1E/B1E/H1E/I1
E/J1E/M1E
AA.I1C
AA.I1C/AA.I1D
AA.I1Q
AA.I1S
AA.I1B
AA.I1A
AA.E
AA.I1
AA.M4
AA.J1Q
AA.J1S
AA.J1B
AA.J1A
AA.J1V
AA.J3L
AA.J3M/N/P
LC
A1
EN
A1
LC
A1
NT
A1
LC
A1
NE
none
EN
A1
LC
A1
NT
A1
LC
NE
NT
A1
none
A1
28
AA.H1Q
EN
A1
29
30
31
32
33
AA.H1S
AA.H1B
AA.H1A
AA.H1
AA.H3L
LC
A1
NT
NT
A1
34
35
36
37
LC
A1
39
40
41
AA.H3M/N/P/O
AB.A1
AB.A2
AB.B
AB.A1E/B1E/E1E/H
1E/I1E/J1E/M1E
AB.E1
AB.I3
AB.I3
42
AB.I3
43
AB.I4
LC
A1
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
AB.M1/AB.M2
AB.M4
AB.J1
AB.J3
AB.J3
AB.J4U
AB.H1
NE
NE
none
none
LC
A1
51
AB.H3
52
53
AB.H3
AB.H4
NE
none
11
38
Mussel beds in the Baltic infralittoral zone
Kelp communities on Baltic infralittoral coarse sediment
Perennial algae or annual moss communities on Baltic infralittoral coarse sediment
Stable aggregations of unattached perennial vegetation on Baltic coarse sediment
Annual algal communities on Baltic infralittoral coarse sediment
Submerged rooted plant communities on Baltic infralittoral coarse sediment
Emergent vegetation communities on Baltic coarse sediment
Unvegetated Baltic infralittoral shell gravel
Unvegetated Baltic infralittoral coarse sediment
Unvegetated Baltic infralittoral mixed sediment (hard and soft)
Stable aggregations of unattached perennial vegetation on Baltic infralittoral sand
Annual algal communities on Baltic infralittoral sand
Submerged rooted plant communities on Baltic infralittoral sand
Emergent vegetation communities on Baltic infralittoral sand
Mixed epibenthic macrocommunity on Baltic infralittoral sand
Infaunal communities in Baltic infralittoral sand - bivalves
Infaunal communities in Baltic infralittoral sand - polychaetes, crustaceans other.
Stable aggregations of unattached perennial vegetation on Baltic infralittoral muddy
sediment
Annual algal communities on Baltic infralittoral muddy sediment
Submerged rooted plant communities on Baltic infralittoral muddy sediment
Emergent vegetation communities on Baltic infralittoral muddy sediment
Epifaunal communities on Baltic infralittoral muddy sediment
Infaunal communities in Baltic infralittoral muddy sediment - bivalves
Infaunal communities in Baltic infralittoral muddy sediment - polychaetes, crustaceans, other
Epifaunal turf communities on Baltic circalittoral rock
Sparse faunal communities on Baltic circalittoral rock
Baltic circalittoral clay and other hard substrata
A1
Mussel beds in the Baltic circalittoral zone
Epifaunal communities on Baltic upper circalittoral shell gravel and coarse sediment
Infaunal communities in Baltic upper circalittoral coarse sediment - macrofauna
Infaunal communities in Baltic upper circalittoral coarse sediment bivalves
Infaunal communities in Baltic upper circalittoral coarse sediment - polychaetes, crustaceans,
other
Lower circalittoral shell gravel and coarse sediment [below pycnocline] in Baltic with
no macrocommunity
Infaunal and epibenthic communities in Baltic upper circalittoral mixed sediment
Lower circalittoral mixed sediment [below pycnocline] in Baltic with no macrocommunity
Epifaunal communities of Baltic upper circalittoral sand
Infaunal communities of Baltic upper circalittoral sand - bivalves
Infaunal communities of Baltic upper circalittoral sand - polychaetes, crustaceans other
Lower circalittoral sand [below pycnocline] in Baltic with no macrocommunity
Epifaunal communities of Baltic upper circalittoral muddy sediment
Infaunal communities of Baltic upper circalittoral muddy sediment - crustaceans,
echinoderms, other
Infaunal communities of Baltic upper circalittoral muddy sediment - bivalves
Lower circalittoral mud [below pycnocline] in Baltic with no macrocommunity