20230206 14414800 1.0 TRUE TRUE CHASE_contaminants_Sediments <div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span>Mapping of contamination 'problem areas' and ‘non-problem areas’ based on measurements in the matrix </span><span>'sediments'</span><span>.This dataset underpins the findings and cartographic representations published in the report Contaminants in Europe’s seas.This dataset presents the resulting assessment grid (based on the EEA reference grid) with the classification of chemical status of the transitional, coastal and marine waters in the context of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). </span></p><p><span>This classification has been performed using the CHASE+ tool, with classifications of the </span><span>sediments </span><span>matric. The chemical status is evaluated in five classes, where NPAhigh and NPAgood are recognised as ‘non-problem areas’ and PAmoderate, PApoor and PAbad are recognised as ‘problem areas’.</span></p><p><span>Most countries in Europe include marine sediments</span><span /><span>in long-term monitoring activities. Consequently, the</span><span /><span>data coverage is good, especially in southern parts of</span><span /><span>the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the Celtic Sea, the Bay of</span><span /><span>Biscay, western parts of the Black Sea and the coastal</span><span /><span>waters of France, Italy and Portugal.</span><span>The number of assessment units monitored and classified in the North-East Atlantic Ocean is 511. In the Mediterranean Sea, the number of assessment units is 153. Baltic Sea sediments are monitored on 97 assessment units while only 19 areas are assessed in the Black Sea.</span></p><p><span /><span>See the EEA report “Contaminants in Europe’s seas” (No 25/2018) for further information as well as examples of classification excluding specific groups of substances</span><span /><span>(e.g. metals, PBDEs).</span></p></div></div></div> EEA WFD MSFD contaminants seawater CHASE metals other organohalogens PCB PAH organochlorines organotins indicator-based assessment sea marine biota environmental quality environmental dangerous substance https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/cd87cd22-0a6f-499b-9e27-9691e6e46030 European Environment Agency Kongens Nytorv 6, Copenhagen, K, 1050, Denmark /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEAAQABAAD/2wBDAAgGBgcGBQgHBwcJCQgKDBQNDAsLDBkSEw8UHRofHh0a HBwgJC4nICIsIxwcKDcpLDAxNDQ0Hyc5PTgyPC4zNDL/2wBDAQkJCQwLDBgNDRgyIRwhMjIyMjIy MjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjL/wAARCADIASwDASIA 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