Fact sheet for HELCOM MPA 192 - Värnanäs Archipelago

General information of MPA Värnanäs Archipelago, Sweden

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
Melanitta fusca	Velvet scoter	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Phoca vitulina vitulina (Kalmarsund subpop)	Harbour seal	Mammals	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Sterna sandvicensis	Sandwich tern	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	LC	SIS	WORMS

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
AA.M1A	Baltic photic mixed substrate characterized by emergent vegetation	No	not reported	not reported	NE
AA.M1B	Baltic photic mixed substrate characterized by submerged rooted plants	No	not reported	not reported	NE
AA.M1C	Baltic photic mixed substrate characterized by perennial algae	No	not reported	not reported	NE
3.2.3	Boulder beaches	No	not reported	not reported
3.6.5.1	Moraine cliffs with no or low vegetation	No	not reported	not reported
3.6.5.2	Moraine cliffs dominated by shrubs or trees	No	not reported	not reported
3.7.1.1	Natural reed, rush and sedge stands	No	not reported	not reported

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)
9070	Fennoscandian wooded pastures	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
1110	Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time	No	not reported	not reported	VU	BIS
1130	Estuaries	No	not reported	not reported	CR	BIS
1170	Reefs	No	not reported	not reported	VU	BIS
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
1620	Boreal Baltic islets and small islands	No	not reported	not reported	NT	BIS
1630	Boreal Baltic coastal meadows	No	not reported	not reported	-	-