Artificial Substrate

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Artificial Substrate

File:Layer Artificial Substrate.png
Layer Info
Category	Ecology
Sub-category	Pressure

Description

Artificial Substrate (sometimes referred to as artificial habitat) is a human-made or synthetic environment in which surface an organism can attach to grow or live.

MSP Challenge

The Artificial Substrate pressure is calculated on a month-by-month basis considering the existing (and planned) human activities in the sea basin. The contribution from each human activity to the total Artificial Substrate in the sea region is defined from 0 (no impact) to 1 (full impact) by expert knowledge.

Artificial Substrate is subsequently a pressure on the ecosystem. This means that this data layer is fed into the ecosystem simulation (EwE), and the ecosystem simulation will provide the users with the expected response from the species in the ecosystem.

Return to pressures.

Types

• Very Low
• Low
• Medium
• High
• Very High

Metadata

Not applicable. This layer is calculated by the system.

In the North Sea the following data layers contribute to Artificial Substrate, their contribution (from 0 to 1) is indicated in brackets:

• Ports (0.8)
• Wind Farms (0.4)
• Wind Farms in construction (0.4)
• Oil & Gas Installations (0.2)
• Tidal Farms (0.2)
• Tidal Farms in construction (0.2)
• Wave Farms (0.1)
• Wave Farms in construction (0.1)
• Pipelines (0.1)
• Energy Cables (0.1)
• Energy Cables (0.1)
• Telecom Cables (0.1)
• Unused Cables (0.1)
• Aquaculture (0.1)

Types

• Very low
• Low
• Medium
• High
• Very high

Metadata

Not applicable. This layer is calculated by the system.

In the Baltic Sea the following data layers contribute to Artificial Substrate, their contribution (from 0 to 1) is indicated in brackets:

• Ports (0.8)
• Oil & Gas Platforms (0.5)
• Shellfish Farms (0.3)
• Finfish Farms (0.3)
• Wind Farms (0.3)
• Pipelines (0.2)

Types

• Extremely Low
• Low
• Medium
• High
• Extra High

Metadata

Not applicable. This layer is calculated by the system.

In the Clyde Marine Region the following data layers contribute to Artificial Substrate, their contribution (from 0 to 1) is indicated in brackets:

• Ports (0.1)
• Shellfish Farms (0.1)
• Fish Farms (0.1)
• Wind Farms (0.4)
• Wind Farms in construction (0.4)
• Cables in construction (0.1)
  

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Adriatic Sea Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not (yet) available in the MSP Challenge Eastern Mediterranean Sea Edition.