Source: HELCOM - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Comission
Geographic Area: Baltic Sea
Period: 1988-2006

Summary: Annual number of observed illegal discharges by aerial surveillance in the whole Baltic Sea area in 1989-2006;
Location of oil spillages observed by aerial surveillance within the Baltic Sea Area in 2006 with a total of 236 observations;
Compiled data on performed flight hours by country in 1989-2006;
Compiled data on observed illegal oil discharges by country in 1988-2006.

Source: HELCOM - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Comission
Geographic Area: Baltic Sea
Period: 1984-2006

Summary: Total amounts of Cs-137 (Bq m^-2) at different sampling stations of the Baltic Sea in 1984 - 2006.

Source: HELCOM - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Comission
Geographic Area: Baltic Sea
Period: 1993-2006

Summary: Distribution of Cadmium (Cd) and Lead (Pb) in the dissolved and particulate phases in surface waters of the Baltic Sea;
Distribution of mercury (total) in surface waters of the Baltic Sea;
Trends for dissolved (diss) and particulate bounded (SPM) lead in the western Baltic Sea, and"above" and "below" halocline in the central Baltic Sea between 1993-2006;
Trends for dissolved (diss) and particulate bounded (SPM) cadmium in the western Baltic Sea, and "above" and "below" halocline in the central Baltic Sea between 1993-2006;
Trends for total mercury in the western Baltic Sea, and"above" and "below" halocline in the central Baltic Sea between 1993-2006.

Source: EEA
Geographic Area: Eu-15 / Baltic and North Sea
Period: 1990-2000

Summary: Tonnes of oil spilled accidentally in the EU-15;
Annual number of observed oil slicks per flight hour in the Baltic Sea and North Sea (1990-2000).

Source: EEA
Geographic Area: Europe / Baltic and North Sea
Period: 1989-1998

Summary: Accidential oil spills (above 7 tonnes per spill) from tankers, combined carriers and barges in Europe, 1989-1998;
Annual number of oil slicks from illegal discharges observed by aerial surveillance in the North Sea and Baltic Sea, 1990-1998.

Source: EEA
Geographic Area: North-east Atlantic
Period: 1990-1998

Summary: Direct and riverine inputs of hazardous substances into the north-east Atlantic (zinc, lindane, lead, cadmiun, PCB7, mercury) 1990-1998.

Source: EEA
Geographic Area: North-east Atlantic
Period: 1990-1996

Summary: Hazardous substances in blue mussels in the North East Atlantic (zinc, lindane, lead, cadmiun, mercury) 1990-1996.

Source: EEA
Geographic Area: Mediterranean Sea / North-east Atlantic
Period: 1980s-1990s

Summary: Concentration of selected metals and organic substances in mussels in the Mediterranean Sea (cadmiun, mercury, lead, lindane) and the north-east Atlantic Ocean (cadmiun, mercury, lead, DDT, PCB), 1980s-1990s.

Source: HELCOM - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Comission
Geographic Area: North Sea /Baltic Sea
Period: 1997-2007

Summary: Areas with oxygen deficiency and hydrogen sulphide in the near bottom layer of the Baltic Sea in May in the years 2004 – 2007;
Temperature series 1997-2005 of the EGB mooring near the Gotland Deep at 174, 204 and 219 m depth;
Temperature series 2006-2007 of the EGB mooring near the Gotland Deep at 178, 208 and 223 m depth;
Salinity in the Gotland Deep at the surface, at 90 m, 120 m and 200 m depth from 1952 to 2006.

Source: HELCOM - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Comission
Geographic Area: Baltic Sea
Period: 1990-2007

Summary: Time series of winter surface (< 10 m; red) and deep-water (blue) salinity in the Baltic Proper, 1990 – 2007;
Time series of winter stratification strength and also of depth of the strongest stratification;
Bar charts showing autumn oxygen concentration as a proportion of the volume of the deep basins. Low oxygen concentrations are not a problem in the Gulf of Bothnia;
Estimates of the extent of hypoxic (oxygen content less than 2 ml/l) and anoxic (oxygen content nil; often with presence of hydrogen sulphide) in Autumn 2003 - 2006.

Source: HELCOM - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Comission
Geographic Area: Baltic Sea
Period: 2003

Summary: The occurrence of cyanobacterial surface accumulations in the Baltic Sea during 2003 expressed as the number of days;
Annual variation of surface layer phytoplankton biomass (measured as chlorophyll a mg m-3) in the western and central Gulf of Finland, the northern Baltic Proper and the Arkona Sea;
Area covered by algal blooms in the Baltic Sea during the summer of 2003.

Source: HELCOM - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Comission
Geographic Area: Baltic Sea
Period: 1992-2007

Summary: Development of the spring bloom intensity from 1992 to 2007 in Arkona Basin (AB), the northern Baltic Proper (NB) and the western Gulf of Finland (GOF).

Source: HELCOM - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Comission
Geographic Area: Baltic Sea
Period: 1998-2005

Summary: Chlorophyll-a concentrations derived from satellite remote sensing show a high spatial variability reaching relative high values in the Eastern and South Eastern part of the Baltic Sea;
Chlorophyll concentration is an index of phytoplankton biomass and it is the most common property that characterizes marine productivity, 1998-2005.

Source: HELCOM - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Comission
Geographic Area: Baltic Sea
Period: 1998-2002

Summary: Variation of mean summer (July-August) surface chlorophyll concentrations in various regions of the Baltic Sea area between 1998 and 2002.
Chlorophyll concentration is a proxy of phytoplankton biomass which is a primary link between nutrient reserves and the marine food web.

Source: ICCUK - Indicators of Climate Change ion the UK
Theme: Sea
Geographic Area: UK
Period: 1960-2004

Summary: Sea Level Rise (mm) between 1960-2004 in Lowestoft, Suffolk and Newlyn, Cornwall, UK.

Source: EEA
Theme: Chemistry
Geographic Area: Europe
Period: 1985-2000

Summary: Trends in average summer chlorophyll-a concentrations in Europe's Seas (Baltic Sea: Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Sweden; North Sea: Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden; Mediterranean Sea: Greece ), 1985-2000.

Source: EEA
Theme: Coastal Water Quality
Geographic Area: England and Wales; Scotland and Finland
Period: 1985-2000
1996-1999
1994-1997

Summary: Classification of estuaries in England and Wales (bad, poor, fair, good) 1985-2000;
Classification of estuaries in Scotland (serious polluted, unsatisfactory, good, excellent), 1996-1999;
General classification of Finnish coastal waters based on water quality data (poor, passable, good, excellent), 1994-1997.

Source: ICCUK - Indicators of Climate Change ion the UK
Theme: Sea
Geographic Area: North Sea /UK
Period: 1959-2000

Summary: Total abundance of copepods in the North Sea;
Gulf Stream position Index for April;
Log abundance values of specific copepod species in the northern North Sea; winter (December-March).

Source: OECD
Theme: Environment
Geographic Area: World
Period: Last available year

Summary: Selected environmental data covering land area, forests, threatened species (includes Fish (% of species known)), water includes Fish catches (% of world catches), air, waste generation, and PAC expenditure for all OECD Member countries.