Fact sheet for HELCOM MPA 160 - Porvoonjoki estuary-Stensböle

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General information of MPA Porvoonjoki estuary-Stensböle, Finland

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Species in MPA Porvoonjoki estuary-Stensböle, Finland (hide / show)

Scientific nameAscending	English name	Species group	Species status	Does the species justify the site's designation as an MPA?	Performed monitoring	Authorities responsible for monitoring	HELCOM Red List category	Link to Species Information Sheet (SIS)	Link to WORMS
Actitis hypoleucos	Common sandpiper	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS
Anas acuta	Northern pintail	Birds	breeding	Yes	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Anas clypeata	Shoveler	Birds	breeding	Yes	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Anas platyrhynchos	Mallard	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Anas querquedula	Garganey	Birds	migratory	Yes	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Anas strepera	Gadwall	Birds	breeding	Yes	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Anguilla anguilla	European eel	Fish and lamprey species	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	CR	SIS	WORMS
Anser anser	Greylag goose	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Anthus pratensis	Meadow pipit	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Ardea cinerea	Grey heron	Birds	migratory	No	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Aspius aspius	Asp	Fish and lamprey species	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS
Aythya ferina	Common pochard	Birds	migratory	Yes	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Aythya fuligula	Tufted duck	Birds	breeding	Yes	no monitoring program	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS
Aythya marila	Greater scaup	Birds	migratory	No	not reported	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Branta leucopsis	Barnacle goose	Birds	migratory	Yes	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Bucephala clangula	Goldeneye	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Calidris alpina alpina	Dunlin	Birds	migratory	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Calidris minuta	Little stint	Birds	migratory	No	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Calidris temminckii	Temminck's stint	Birds	migratory	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS
Chara sp.	-	Macrophytes	not reported	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Coregonus maraena	Maraene	Fish and lamprey species	not reported	No	no monitoring program	not reported	EN	SIS	WORMS
Cygnus cygnus	Whooper swan	Birds	migratory	Yes	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Cygnus olor	Mute swan	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Gavia arctica	Black-throated diver	Birds	migratory	Yes	no monitoring program	not reported	CR	SIS	WORMS
Gavia stellata	Red-throated diver	Birds	migratory	Yes	no monitoring program	not reported	CR	SIS	WORMS
Haematopus ostralegus	Eurasian oystercatcher	Birds	migratory	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Lampetra fluviatilis	River lamprey	Fish and lamprey species	not reported	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS
Larus argentatus	Herring gull	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Larus canus	Mew gull	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Larus marinus	Greater black-backed gull	Birds	migratory	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Larus ridibundus (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)	Black-headed gull	Birds	breeding	Yes	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Leucorrhinia pectoralis	Yellow-spotted whiteface	Invertebrates	resident	No	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Limicola falcinellus	Broad-billed sandpiper	Birds	migratory	No	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Limosa limosa limosa	Black-tailed godwit	Birds	occasional	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS
Lota lota	Burbot	Fish and lamprey species	not reported	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS
Lutra lutra	Eurasian otter	Mammals	occasional	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS
Mergus albellus (Mergellus albellus)	Smew	Birds	migratory	Yes	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Mergus merganser	Common merganser	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Mergus serrator	Red-breasted merganser	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Motacilla alba	White wagtail	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Oenanthe oenanthe	Northern wheatear	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS
Persicaria foliosa	-	Macrophytes	resident	Yes	no monitoring program	not reported	EN	SIS	WORMS
Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis	Long-tailed cormorant	Birds	migratory	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Philomachus pugnax	Ruff	Birds	migratory	Yes	no monitoring program	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Podiceps auritus	Horned grebe	Birds	migratory	Yes	no monitoring program	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS
Podiceps cristatus	Great-crested grebe	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Podiceps grisegena	Red-necked grebe	Birds	migratory	No	no monitoring program	not reported	EN	SIS	WORMS
Riparia riparia	Sand martin	Birds	migratory	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Salmo salar	Atlantic salmon	Fish and lamprey species	migratory	No	no monitoring program	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Salmo trutta	Brown trout	Fish and lamprey species	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Somateria mollissima	Common eider	Birds	migratory	No	no monitoring program	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Sterna hirundo	Common tern	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Tringa totanus	Common redshank	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS
Vanellus vanellus	Northern lapwing	Birds	breeding	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS

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Biotopes in MPA Porvoonjoki estuary-Stensböle, Finland

Biotope code	Biotope name (HUB or HELCOM 1998)	Does the biotope justify the site's designation as an MPA?	Performed monitoring	Authorities responsible for monitoring	HELCOM Red List category	Link to Biotope Information Sheet (BIS)
AA.A1C	Baltic photic rock and boulders characterized by perennial algae	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.A1H	Baltic photic rock and boulders characterized by epibenthic moss animals (Bryozoa)	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.A1S	Baltic photic rock and boulders characterized by annual algae	No	no monitoring program	not reported	LC
AA.A1V	Baltic photic rock and boulders characterized by mixed epibenthic macrocommunity	No	no monitoring program	not reported	LC
AA.A2T	Baltic photic rock and boulders characterized by sparse epibenthic macrocommunity	No	no monitoring program	not reported	LC
AA.A2W	Baltic photic rock and boulders characterized by microphytobenthic organisms and grazing snails	No	no monitoring program	not reported	LC
AA.A4U	Baltic photic rock and boulders characterized by no macrocommunity	No	no monitoring program	not reported	LC
AA.H1A	Baltic photic muddy sediment characterized by emergent vegetation	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.H1B	Baltic photic muddy sediment characterized by submerged rooted plants	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.H1Q	Baltic photic muddy sediment characterized by stable aggregations of unattached perennial vegetation	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.H1S	Baltic photic muddy sediment characterized by annual algae	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.H1V	Baltic photic muddy sediment characterized by mixed epibenthic macrocommunity	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.H3L	Baltic photic muddy sediment characterized by infaunal bivalves	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.H3M	Baltic photic muddy sediment characterized by infaunal polychaetes	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.H3N	Baltic photic muddy sediment characterized by infaunal crustaceans	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.H4U	Baltic photic muddy sediment characterized by no macrocommunity	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.I1A	Baltic photic coarse sediment characterized by emergent vegetation	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.I1C	Baltic photic coarse sediment characterized by perennial algae	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.I1E	Baltic photic coarse sediment characterized by epibenthic bivalves	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.I1Q	Baltic photic coarse sediment characterized by stable aggregations of unattached perennial vegetation	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.I1S	Baltic photic coarse sediment characterized by annual algae	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.I1V	Baltic photic coarse sediment characterized by mixed epibenthic macrocommunity	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.I2T	Baltic photic coarse sediment characterized by sparse epibenthic macrocommunity	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.I2W	Baltic photic coarse sediment characterized by microphytobenthic organisms and grazing snails	No	no monitoring program	not reported	LC
AA.I3L	Baltic photic coarse sediment characterized by infaunal bivalves	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.I3M	Baltic photic coarse sediment characterized by infaunal polychaetes	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.I3N	Baltic photic coarse sediment characterized by infaunal crustaceans	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.I4U	Baltic photic coarse sediment characterized by no macrocommunity	No	no monitoring program	not reported	LC
AA.K	Baltic photic hard anthropogenically created substrates	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.M1A	Baltic photic mixed substrate characterized by emergent vegetation	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.M1B	Baltic photic mixed substrate characterized by submerged rooted plants	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.M1Q	Baltic photic mixed substrate characterized by stable aggregations of unattached perennial vegetation	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.M1S	Baltic photic mixed substrate characterized by annual algae	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.M1V	Baltic photic mixed substrate characterized by mixed epibenthic macrocommunity	No	no monitoring program	not reported	NE
AA.M2T	Baltic photic mixed substrate characterized by sparse epibenthic macrocommunity	No	no monitoring program	not reported	LC
AA.M2W	Baltic photic mixed substrate characterized by microphytobenthic organisms and grazing snails	No	no monitoring program	not reported	LC
AC	Baltic Sea seasonal Ice	No	no monitoring program	not reported	VU	BIS
AD.N5	Baltic Sea Photic Pelagic above halocline oxic	No	no monitoring program	not reported	LC
3.7.1.1	Natural reed, rush and sedge stands	No	no monitoring program	not reported
3.7.1.2	Harvested reed, rush and sedge stands	No	no monitoring program	not reported
3.7.2.2	Lower meadows	No	no monitoring program	not reported
3.7.2.3	Upper meadows	No	no monitoring program	not reported
3.7.2.4	Dry meadows (incl. alvars)	No	no monitoring program	not reported
3.7.3.1	Swamps with low vegetation	No	no monitoring program	not reported
3.7.3.2	Swamps dominated by shrubs or trees (natural or almost natural wet forests)	No	no monitoring program	not reported
3.7.4	Coastal bogs	No	no monitoring program	not reported

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Biotope complexes in MPA Porvoonjoki estuary-Stensböle, Finland.

Code (HD Annex 1)	Biotope complex name	Does the biotope complex justify the site's designation as an MPA?	Performed monitoring	Authorities responsible monitoring	HELCOM Red List category	Link to Biotope Complex Information Sheet (BIS)
6270	Fennoscandian lowland species-rich dry to mesic grasslands	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
7110	Active raised bogs	Yes	not reported	not reported	-	-
7140	Transition mires and quaking bogs	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
7160	Fennoscandian mineral-rich springs and springfens	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
8220	Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
9010	Western Taïga	Yes	not reported	not reported	-	-
9020	Fennoscandian hemiboreal natural old broad-leaved deciduous forests (Quercus, Tilia, Acer, Fraxinus or Ulmus) rich in epiphytes	Yes	not reported	not reported	-	-
91D0	Bog woodland	Yes	not reported	not reported	-	-
9050	Fennoscandian herb-rich forests with Picea abies	Yes	not reported	not reported	-	-
9060	Coniferous forests on, or connected to, glaciofluvial eskers	Yes	not reported	not reported	-	-
9070	Fennoscandian wooded pastures	Yes	not reported	not reported	-	-
9080	Fennoscandian deciduous swamp woods	Yes	not reported	not reported	-	-
1130	Estuaries	Yes	not reported	not reported	CR	BIS
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
6430	Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels	No	not reported	not reported	-	-

Management and regulated activities of MPA Porvoonjoki estuary-Stensböle, Finland

Link	Id	Management plan name	Management plan status	Implementation date of first management plan	Implementation date of current management plan	Regulated activities	Intended revision date of current management plan	Body(ies) responsible for management	Implemented monitoring programs	Contact details	Coverage of management plan
	64	No Plan	In development			activities			not reported		Marine and terrestrial

Pressures in MPA

Pressure (list according to MSFD Annex III revision document, May 2015)	Inside or outside the MPA	Intensity (low, medium, high)	Past, current or potential future pressure
Change of seabed substrate or morphology (~ physical loss)	inside	medium	past,current,potential future
Change of seabed substrate or morphology (~ physical loss)	outside	medium	past,current,potential future
Disturbance or damage to seabed	inside	low	past,current,potential future
Disturbance or damage to seabed	outside	not reported	past,current,potential future
Extraction of seabed or subsoil (e.g. sand, gravel, rock, oil, gas)	inside	high	past,current,potential future
Extraction of seabed or subsoil (e.g. sand, gravel, rock, oil, gas)	outside	high	past,current,potential future
Input of water	inside	low	past,current,potential future
Input of water	outside	low	past,current,potential future
Changes to hydrological conditions	inside	low	past,current,potential future
Changes to hydrological conditions	outside	low	past,current,potential future
Input of sound	inside	high	past,current,potential future
Input of sound	outside	high	past,current,potential future
Input of electromagnetic and seismic waves	inside	low	past,current,potential future
Input of electromagnetic and seismic waves	outside	low	past,current,potential future
Input of nutrients and organic matter	inside	medium	past,current,potential future
Input of nutrients and organic matter	outside	medium	past,current,potential future
Input of contaminants (synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, acute events	inside	high	past,current,potential future
Input of contaminants (synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, acute events	outside	high	past,current,potential future
Input of CO2 [and other greenhouse gases]	inside	medium	past,current,potential future
Input of CO2 [and other greenhouse gases]	outside	medium	past,current,potential future
Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-size litter)	inside	low	past,current,potential future
Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-size litter)	outside	low	past,current,potential future
Extraction or, mortality/injury to, species (targeted, non-targeted)	inside	low	past,current,potential future
Extraction or, mortality/injury to, species (targeted, non-targeted)	outside	low	past,current,potential future
Disturbance of species	inside	high	past,current,potential future
Disturbance of species	outside	high	past,current,potential future
Introduction of genetically modified species	inside	low	past,current,potential future
Introduction of genetically modified species	outside	low	past,current,potential future
Introduction or spread of non-indigenous species	inside	medium	past,current,potential future
Introduction or spread of non-indigenous species	outside	medium	past,current,potential future
Cultivation/artificialisation of natural habitat	inside	medium	past,current,potential future
Cultivation/artificialisation of natural habitat	outside	medium	past,current,potential future

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