Date in the format YYYY-MM-DD Parameters enumeration Abundance (number of individuals) Relative abundance within community (of pelagic and benthic habitats) Age distribution Amount in biota (ingested) Amount on coastline Amount on seabed Amount in water column Amount on water surface Bathymetric depth Biomass Biomass of Spawning Stock (SSB) Breeding success Brood size Cell counts Pco² - alkalinity Concentration in biota (total) Concentration in biota – fat Concentration in biota – liver Concentration in biota – muscle Concentration in biota – other Concentration in sediment (total) Concentration in sediment (fraction below 20 µm) Concentration in sediment (fraction below 2000 µm) Concentration in sediment (fraction below 63 µm) Concentration in sediment – other Concentration in suspended matter Concentration in water Coverage (e.g. of a species within a habitat or area) Deposition Maximum depth Distribution (pattern) Distribution (range) Distribution (spatial) Duration Emission Extent Fecundity (breeding rate) Frequency Freshwater input rates from rivers Physical structure of habitat (e.g. sediment characteristics, topographic structure) Hydrological conditions of habitat Incidence Index value (parameters calculated as complex indices) Length Level of sound Mass Mortality (weight/volume; number of individuals) Mortality rate Other Oxygen debt Ph Presence Primary production Productivity Salinity Sex distribution Shell thickness Size distribution Underwater sound level Species composition Survival rate Temperature Blubber thickness Tidal range/level Transparency of water Transparency / turbidity of water column Current velocity Wave action String of up to 1000 characters or empty String of up to 1000 characters String of up to 100 characters String of up to 100 characters String of up to 10 characters String of up to 20 characters String of up to 2500 characters or empty String of up to 2500 characters String of up to 250 characters String of up to 250 characters String of up to 25 characters String of up to 4000 characters String of up to 4000 characters String of up to 50 characters String of up to 50 characters URL string of up to 250 characters Date range in the format YYYY or YYYY-YYYY Date in the format YYYY Unique 2 character ISO Code for the EU Member States Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Cyprus Germany Denmark Estonia Greece Spain Finland France Croatia Hungary Ireland Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Sweden Slovenia Slovakia United Kingdom Unique 2 character ISO Code for the EU Member States Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechia Germany Denmark Algeria Estonia Egypt Greece Spain Finland France Georgia Croatia Hungary Ireland Israel Iceland Italy Lebanon Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Libya Morocco Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Palestine Portugal Romania Russian Federation Sweden Slovenia Slovakia Syria Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Grazing birds Wading birds Surface-feeding birds Pelagic-feeding birds Benthic-feeding birds Small toothed cetaceans Deep-diving toothed cetaceans Baleen whales Seals Turtles Coastal fish Pelagic shelf fish Demersal shelf fish Deep-sea fish Commercially exploited fish and shellfish Coastal/shelf cephalopods Deep-sea cephalopods Benthic broad habitats Other benthic habitats Pelagic broad habitats Other pelagic habitats Physical and hydrological characteristics Chemical characteristics Coastal ecosystems Shelf ecosystems Oceanic/deep-sea ecosystems Newly introduced non-indigenous species Established non-indigenous species Species affected by incidental by-catch Hydrographical changes Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed Eutrophication Contaminants - non UPBT substances Contaminants - UPBT substances Contaminants – in seafood Adverse effects on species or habitats Acute pollution events Litter in the environment Micro-litter in the environment Litter and micro-litter in species Impulsive sound in water Continuous low frequency sound Input or spread of non-indigenous species Input of microbial pathogens Input of genetically modified species and translocation of native species Loss of, or change to, natural biological communities due to cultivation of animal or plant species Disturbance of species (e.g. where they breed, rest and feed) due to human presence Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) Input of nutrients – diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition Input of organic matter – diffuse sources and point sources Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) – diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous) Input of other forms of energy (including electromagnetic fields, light and heat) Input of water – point sources (e.g. brine) Land claim Canalisation and other watercourse modifications Coastal defence and flood protection Offshore structures (other than for oil/gas/renewables) Restructuring of seabed morphology, including dredging and depositing of materials Extraction of minerals (rock, metal ores, gravel, sand, shell) Extraction of oil and gas, including infrastructure Extraction of salt Extraction of water Renewable energy generation (wind, wave and tidal power), including infrastructure Non-renewable energy generation Transmission of electricity and communications (cables) Fish and shellfish harvesting (professional, recreational) Fish and shellfish processing Marine plant harvesting Hunting and collecting for other purposes Aquaculture – marine, including infrastructure Aquaculture – freshwater Agriculture Forestry Transport infrastructure Transport – shipping Transport – air Transport – land Urban uses Industrial uses Waste treatment and disposal Tourism and leisure infrastructure Tourism and leisure activities Military operations (subject to Article 2(2)) Research, survey and educational activities GES Criteria Enumeration (Criteria) D10C1 - Litter (excluding micro-litter) (Criteria) D10C2 - Micro-litter (Criteria) D10C3 - Litter ingested (Criteria) D10C4 – Adverse effects of litter (Criteria) D11C1 – Anthropogenic impulsive sound (Criteria) D11C2 – Anthropogenic continuous low-frequency sound (Criteria) D1C1 – Mortality rate from incidental by-catch (Criteria) D1C2 – Population abundance (Criteria) D1C3 - Population demographic characteristics (Criteria) D1C4 - Population distributional range and pattern (Criteria) D1C5 - Habitat for the species (Criteria) D1C6 – Pelagic habitat condition (Criteria) D2C1 – Newly-introduced NIS (Criteria) D2C2 - Established NIS (Criteria) D2C3 - Adverse effects of NIS (Criteria) D3C1 - Fishing mortality rate (F) (Criteria) D3C2 - Spawning stock biomass (SSB) (Criteria) D3C3 – Population age/size distribution (Criteria) D4C1 – Trophic guild species diversity (Criteria) D4C2 - Abundance across trophic guilds (Criteria) D4C3 – Trophic guild size distribution (Criteria) D4C4 – Trophic guild productivity (Criteria) D5C1 - Nutrient concentrations (Criteria) D5C2 - Chlorophyll a concentration (Criteria) D5C3 - Harmful algal blooms (Criteria) D5C4 - Photic limit (Criteria) D5C5 - Dissolved oxygen concentration (Criteria) D5C6 - Opportunistic macroalgae of benthic habitats (Criteria) D5C7 - Macrophyte communities of benthic habitats (Criteria) D5C8 - Macrofaunal communities of benthic habitats (Criteria) D6C1 - Physical loss of the seabed (Criteria) D6C2 - Physical disturbance to the seabed (Criteria) D6C3 – Adverse effects from physical disturbance (Criteria) D6C4 – Benthic habitat extent (Criteria) D6C5 – Benthic habitat condition (Criteria) D7C1 – Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (Criteria) D7C2 – Adverse effects from permanent alterations of hydrographical conditions (Criteria) D8C1 - Contaminant in environment (Criteria) D8C2 – Adverse effects of contaminants (Criteria) D8C3 – Significant acute pollution events (Criteria) D8C4 – Adverse effect of significant acute pollution events Not Relevant (Criteria) D9C1 - Contaminants in seafood GES Descriptor Enumeration (Descriptor) D1 - Biodiversity - birds (Descriptor) D1 - Biodiversity - mammals (Descriptor) D1 - Biodiversity - reptiles (Descriptor) D1 - Biodiversity - fish (Descriptor) D1 - Biodiversity - cephalopods (Descriptor) D1 - Biodiversity - pelagic habitats (Descriptor) D10 - Marine litter (Descriptor) D11 - Underwater noise (Descriptor) D2 – Non-indigenous species (Descriptor) D3 – Commercial fish and shellfish (Descriptor) D4 Food webs/D1 Biodiversity - ecosystems (Descriptor) D5 – Eutrophication (Descriptor) D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Biodiversity - benthic habitats (Descriptor) D7 - Hydrographic changes (Descriptor) D8 - Contaminants (Descriptor) D9 - Contaminants in seafood Date range in the format YYYYMMDD-YYYYMMDD Year of implementation of Art 11 Year implementation was previously reported for some programmes Date for updating monitoring programme Year for next updates of Art. 8, 9, 10 E.g. does not occur in MS waters (note this option is not relevant for targets, where monitoring is expected to enable progress with the targets to be assessed). Year of implementation of Art 11 Year implementation was previously reported for some programmes Date for updating monitoring programme Year for next updates of Art. 8, 9, 10 E.g. does not occur in MS waters (note this option is not relevant for targets, where monitoring is expected to enable progress with the targets to be assessed). Arctic Council Monitoring and Assessment Programme UNEP-MAP Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme Bonn Aerial surveillance for prevention of pollution BSC Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme Copenhagen Agreement Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Programme (TMAP) Birds Directive Bathing Water Directive Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (2011/92/EU) Foodstuffs Regulation Habitats Directive Invasive Alien Species Regulation Data Collection Framework Multi-Annual Plan (Common Fisheries Policy) Maritime Spatial Planning Directive Nitrates Directive National Emission Ceilings Directive Seveso Directive Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive Water Framework Directive Waste Framework Directive General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean HELCOM Monitoring programmes International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances NEAFC Monitoring of Fisheries OSPAR Coordinated Environmental Monitoring Programme Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention) Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutions (POPs) Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Minamata Convention on Mercury International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships Monitoring programme targeting at national legislation HELCOM Guidelines for the annual and periodical compilation and reporting of waterborne pollution inputs to the Baltic Sea (PLC-Water) HELCOM Guideline for the determination of heavy metals in sediment HELCOM Guideline on the determination of perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) in seawater HELCOM Guidelines for sampling and determination of dissolved oxygen HELCOM Guidelines for determination of chlorinated hydrocarbons in sediment HELCOM Guidelines for determination of PAH in sediment HELCOM Guidelines for determination of POPs in seawater HELCOM Guidelines for determination of salinity and temperature using CTD HELCOM Guidelines for measuring chlorophyll a HELCOM Guidelines for measuring Secchi depth HELCOM Guidelines for measuring turbidity HELCOM Guidelines for monitoring of mesozooplankton HELCOM Guidelines for monitoring of non-indigenous species by eRAS HELCOM Guidelines for monitoring of radioactive substances HELCOM Guidelines for monitoring phytoplankton species composition, abundance and biomass HELCOM Guidelines for monitoring seal abundance and distribution in the HELCOM area HELCOM Guidelines for monitoring reproductive status of seals in the HELCOM area HELCOM Guidelines for sampling and determination of ammonium HELCOM Guidelines for sampling and determination of hydrogen sulphide HELCOM Guidelines for sampling and determination of nitrate HELCOM Guidelines for sampling and determination of nitrite HELCOM Guidelines for sampling and determination of pH HELCOM Guidelines for sampling and determination of phosphate HELCOM Guidelines for sampling and determination of silicate HELCOM Guidelines for sampling and determination of total alkalinity HELCOM Guidelines for sampling and determination of total nitrogen HELCOM Guidelines for sampling and determination of total phosphorus HELCOM Guidelines for coastal fish monitoring HELCOM Guidelines for coordinated monitoring of wintering birds HELCOM Recommendations and guidelines for benthic habitat monitoring in the Baltic Sea HELCOM Manual on co-operation in response to marine pollution HELCOM Manual for monitoring in COMBINE programme HELCOM guideline for Seal Abundance Monitoring HELCOM Guidelines for monitoring of biological effects - imposex and intersex HELCOM Guidelines for monitoring beach litter HELCOM Guidelines for monitoring continuous noise OSPAR Guidelines on Quality Assurance for Biological Monitoring in the OSPAR Area (Agreement 2002-15) OSPAR CEMP Guideline: Common Indicator - Marine Bird Abundance (B1) (Agreement 2016-09) OSPAR CEMP Guideline: Common Indicator - Marine Bird Breeding Success/Failure (B3) (Agreement 2016-10) OSPAR CEMP Guideline: Common Indicator - Seal Abundance and Distribution (M3) (Agreement 2016-11) OSPAR CEMP Guideline: Common Indicator - Grey Seal Pup Production (M5) (Agreement 2016-12) OSPAR CEMP Guidelines Common Indicator: BH3 Extent of Physical damage to predominant and special habitats (Agreement 2017-09) OSPAR CEMP Guideline: Common Indicator - Changes to non-indigenous species communities (NIS3) (Agreement 2018-04) OSPAR CEMP Guideline: Combined guideline for the common indicators FC1, FC2, FC3 and FW3 for fish and food webs (Agreement 2018-05) OSPAR CEMP Guideline: Common indicator: Condition of benthic habitat communities (BH2) – common approach (Agreement 2018-06) OSPAR CEMP Guideline: Common Indicator: PH1/FW5 Plankton lifeforms (Agreement 2018-07) OSPAR CEMP Guideline: Common indicator: Abundance at the relevant temporal scale of cetacean species regularly present (M4) – Interim version (Agreement 2018-09) OSPAR CEMP Guideline: Common indicator in Region IV: Change in average trophic level of marine predators (FW4) (Agreement 2018-08) OSPAR CEMP Guidelines for the assessment of dumping and placement of waste or other matter at sea OSPAR CEMP Guidelines for monitoring marine litter washed ashore and/or deposited on coastlines (beach litter) OSPAR CEMP Guidelines on Litter on the Seafloor OSPAR CEMP Guidelines for Monitoring and Assessment of loud, low and mid-frequency impulsive sound sources in the OSPAR Maritime Region OSPAR Coordinated Environmental Monitoring Programme (CEMP) Guidelines for Monitoring and Assessment of plastic particles in stomachs of fulmars in the North Sea area OSPAR CEMP Guidelines for Monitoring Contaminants in Sediments (Agreement 2002-16). Revision 2018 OSPAR JAMP Guidelines for Monitoring Chemical Aspects of Ocean Acidification (Agreement 2014-03e) OSPAR Revised JAMP Eutrophication Monitoring Guideline: Oxygen (Agreement 2013-05) (Replaces Agreement 1997-03) OSPAR Revised JAMP Eutrophication Monitoring Guideline: Nutrients (Agreement 2013-04) (Replaces Agreement 1997-02) OSPAR JAMP Eutrophication Monitoring Guidelines: Chlorophyll a in Water (Agreement 2012-11) (Replaces Agreement 1997-04) OSPAR CEMP Eutrophication Monitoring Guidelines: Phytoplankton Species Composition (Agreement 2016-06) OSPAR JAMP Eutrophication Monitoring Guidelines: Benthos (Agreement 2012-12) (Replaces Agreement 1997-06) OSPAR JAMP Guidelines for General Biological Effects Monitoring. Revised technical annexes 2007 (Agreement 2007-07) OSPAR JAMP Guidelines for Contaminant-Specific Biological Effects (Agreement 2008-09) (Replaces Agreement 2003-10) OSPAR JAMP Guideline on the analysis of PFCs in Seawater (Agreement 2010-08) OSPAR CEMP Guidelines for Monitoring Contaminants in Biota (Agreement 1999-02). Revision 2018 OSPAR CEMP guidelines for coordinated monitoring for eutrophication, CAMP and RID (Agreement 2016-05), Revised in 2018 AMAP Trends and Effects Monotoring Programme (ATEMP) WFD Guidance document n.° 7 - Monitoring under the Water Framework Directive (monitoring framework) WFD Guidance document n.° 19 - Monitoring under the Water Framework Directive (surface water chemical monitoring) WFD Guidance document n.° 25 - Chemical Monitoring of Sediment and Biota WFD Guidance document n.° 32 - Biota Monitoring WFD Guidance document n.° 33 - Analytical Methods for Biota Monitoring Wadden Sea - Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Programme Handbook UNEP/MAP Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Guidance (2016) Black Sea: Guidelines for quality control of biological data - Phytoplankton Black Sea: Manual for phytoplankton sampling and analysis Black Sea: Manual for quantitative sampling and sample treatment of marine soft-bottom macrozoobenthos International bottom trawl survey in the Mediterranean Manual (Version 9) Common protocol for the Pan-Mediterranean Acoustic Survey (MEDIAS) (v. 2017) SISP 6 - Manual for mackerel and horse mackerel egg surveys, sampling at sea SISP 15 - Manual of the IBTS North Eastern Atlantic Surveys SISP 7 - BITS Manual for the Baltic International Trawl Surveys SISP 8 - IBAS Manual for the International Baltic Acoustic Surveys SISP 10 - Manual for the International Bottom Trawl Surveys, Revision IX SISP 9 Manual for International Pelagic Surveys (IPS) - Version 1.00 Manual for the Offshore Beam Trawl Surveys (WGBEAM) Bathing Water Profiles: Best Practice and Guidance (2009) Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive: Annex 1 NEAFC: Recording of Catch and Fishing Effort NEAFC: Vessel Monitoring System Bonn Agreement Aerial Operations Handbook, 2009 Bonn Agreement Aerial Operations Handbook, 2017 Bonn Agreement Counter Pollution Manual (BACPM) Copenhagen Agreement manual for cooperation on pollution control ICCAT Manual: Data for Assessment and Research Guidance on Monitoring of Marine Litter in European Seas [note: to be updated with specific guidance for beaches, water, seabed and microlitter when available from TG Litter] Guidance on monitoring impulsive underwater noise Guidance on monitoring continuous underwater noise Other monitoring method