Assessment of eutrophication status in European seas using HEAT+, May 2019

Nutrients

The dataset presents the results of classification of eutrophication status of the European seas using the HEAT+ tool. Eutrophication 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’.

Besides the overall Eutrophication status (HEAT+) are the results shown for three aspects of eutrophication: C1) Nutrient Concentrations C2) Direct Effects C3) Indirect Effects

This dataset underpins the findings and cartographic representations published in the report "Nutrient enrichment and eutrophication in Europe's seas" (EEA, 2019): https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/nutrient-enrichment-and-eutrophication-in.

Data and resources

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Direct download

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EEA website - graphic

HEAT+ based classifications of 'direct effects' of eutrophication

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EEA website - graphic

HEAT+ based classification of 'nutrient concentration levels'

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EEA website - graphic

HEAT+ based classifications of 'indirect effects' of eutrophication

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Integrated HEAT+ based classifications of 'eutrophication status'

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WMS

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European Environment Agency public website

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Additional information

Temporal extent	2006-01-01 – 2016-12-31
Date (creation)	2019-05-08
Date (publication)	2020-01-13
Status	onGoing
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	en
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-04
Created	2026-11-04
API	package_show