IRIS-SES INTEGRATED REGIONAL MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY IN THE SOUTH EUROPEAN SEAS. GIS tools for Descriptors 5, 8, 9

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1 IRIS-SES INTEGRATED REGIONAL MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY IN THE SOUTH EUROPEAN SEAS Project coordinator: Dr Kalliopi Pagou GIS tools for Descriptors 5, 8, 9 Aris Karageorgis ak@hcmr.gr Institute of Oceanography, HCMR Towards coordinated monitoring in the European Regional Seas FINAL conference of the pilot projects IRIS SES, BALSAM & JMP NS/CS DG Environment, Brussels, 24 April 2015

2 Development and adaptation of intelligent tools Main objectives Assessment of Environmental status related to Eutrophication and Pollution Calculation and visualization of relevant Parameters and Indices according to predefined thresholds Addressed to scientists, decision makers, not necessarily experts Unified platform for Western, Eastern Mediterranean and Black Seas Materials Model builder ArcGIS 10.2 Toolboxes ArcGIS 10.2 Products Eutrophication Status Toolbox Contaminants Toolbox Spatial Analyst Extension Python Programming Language 2.7

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4 Embedded layer coastlines & Marine Regions: Automatic input as predefined polygon features; it facilitates index calculations

5 Embedded layer Economic Exclusive Zones boundaries: Marine regions (marineregions.org)

6 D5 tool: How it looks Eutrophication Status Toolbox

7 Nykamp DQ, Function machine. From Math Insight.

8 Input N o 1 (once): Eutrophication indices criteria for Greece/Eastern Mediterranean Chl α index Proposed scaling Classes according to requirements of WFD < 0.1 High Good Moderate Poor > Bad Eutrophication Index Proposed scaling Eutrophication status < 0.04 High Oligotrophy Good Mesotrophy Moderate Eutrophication Poor > 1.51 Bad Classes according to requirements of WFD TRIX Proposed scaling Eutrophication status 2 4 Ultra oligotrophic High 4 5 Oligotrophy Good 5 6 Mesotrophy Moderate 6 8 Eutrophic Poor > 8 Dystrophic Bad Classes according to requirements of WFD

9 Input N o 2: data The required table is a simple Excel file which contains: longitude and latitude for each sampling station. the concentrations of all required parameters Values of all parameters should be mean integrated for both water column and time. Mean integrated values can be computed within Excel utilizing predefined macro commands. Excel file for the calculation of Eutrophication status indices name lon lat PO4_μM NO2_μM NO3_μM NH4_μM Chl a DO DIN_mgL 1 PO4_mgL 1 S S S S S S S

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11 D5 tool: What s inside The Eutrophication Index model

12 D5 tool: How it feels Chl α index tool EI tool TRIX tool The user interface Nutrients tool Excel file selection Coordinates (lon, lat) fields Geographic Coordinate system input Projected Coordinate system Input barrier feature

13 D5: Eutrophication status examples (chl α index) Saronikos Gulf Greece

14 D5: Eutrophication indices criteria for Romania (Black Sea) Chl α index Proposed scaling (μg/l) Classes according to requirements of WFD <2.05 High Good Moderate Poor >5.58 Bad Nutrients Phosphate (μm/µg) DIN (μm) Oligotrophic <0.15 <10.5 Lower mesotrophic Higher mesotrophic Eutrophic >0.4 >37.5 TRIX Proposed scaling Eutrophication status <4 Ultra oligotrophic High [4 5) Oligotrophy Good [5 6) Mesotrophy Moderate [6 8] Eutrophic Poor >8 Dystrophic Bad Classes according to requirements of WFD

15 D5: Eutrophication status examples Chl α index model output for the Black Sea (Romania) TRIX model output for Black Sea (Romania)

16 Contaminants Toolbox D8 tool: How it looks

17 Input N o 1 (once): Contaminants in sediments for Greece Good Environmental Status Moderate Environmental Status Poor Environmental Status Cd < < c < 5.0 >5.0 Cr < < c < >300 Cu < < c < >100 Pb < < c < >120 Hg < < c < 0.70 >0.70 Ni < < c < 60.0 >60.0 Zn < < c < >380 Total PAHs < < c < 15.0 >15.0 Criteria based on ERL ERM values (Long et al., 1995) and other references, and taking into account toxicity tests in aquatic benthic organisms.

18 Input N o 2: data for contaminants in marine sediments Station Name Latitude Longitude Depth YEAR metal_u nits A 8B UN1 S UN UN3 S UN UN UN6 S UN7 S UN8A S13 UN8B S Cd Cu Cr Pb Zn Fe Mn Hg 2004 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg UN9 S mg/kg UN S mg/kg UN S mg/kg UN S mg/kg Samplin g PAHs PAH_uni ts May μg/kg May μg/kg May μg/kg May μg/kg May μg/kg May μg/kg May μg/kg May μg/kg May μg/kg May μg/kg May μg/kg May μg/kg May μg/kg

19 D8: Contaminants status examples Cd Cr Cu Hg Pb Zn PAHs Saronikos Gulf Greece

20 Cr in sediments 1999 Cr in sediments 2001 D8: Contaminants status examples Cr in sediments 2009 Cr in sediments 2010 Cr in sediments 2012 Saronikos Gulf Greece

21 D8: Contaminants in sediments for Romania Good Environmental Status Moderate Environmental Status Poor Environmental Status Cd < < c < 5.0 >5.0 Cu < < c < >100 Pb < < c < >120 Benzo (a)pyrene <0.43 >0.43 ppdd < >0.0022

22 D8: Contaminants status examples Cu in surface sediments Benzo(a)pyrene in surface sediments Cd in surface sediments ppdde in surface sediments

23 D9: Contaminants in biota Cd mussels 2004 Spain Maritime area Levantino BalearCd in mussels 2005 Spain Maritime Cd area in mussels 2009 Levantino Balear Spain Maritime area Levantino Balear Spanish coast in Med

24 Next steps The full completion of the Toolbox still requires: Eutrophication Toolbox: Corrections if needed after testing in WM and BS Contaminants Toolbox: finalizing the toolbox Confirmation of the thresholds for all the sea region also countries Filling in the Tool Help area with instructions. Completion of the user manual Sharing the toolbox as a web geoprocessing service offered in the IRIS webgis Download links on IRIS website any further suggestions

25 IRIS-SES Stakeholder Event, 31 March 2015, Athens 25

26 DeCyDe workshops Athens Greece 24 October 2014 Constanta Romania 12 January 2015 The aim of these workshops is to help local stakeholders and managers on local and regional monitoring needs This is achieved by establishing a two way communication flow between the IRIS SES project and the country bodies responsible for MSFD monitoring.

27 The four Excel sheets This excel based scoreboard uses the approach of scoring through ranges, to help countries or regions to visualize the current situation with regards to GES. The ranges for the scoring are identified by a group of experts, based on national, EU and International Standards. IRIS-SES Stakeholder Event, 31 March 2015, Athens 27

28 Assigning the scores IRIS-SES Stakeholder Event, 31 March 2015, Athens 28

29 The overall score sheet IRIS-SES Stakeholder Event, 31 March 2015, Athens 29

30 T H A N K Y O U