Fact sheet for HELCOM MPA 298 - Vänta Litets Grund

General information of MPA Vänta Litets Grund, Sweden

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.A1C	Baltic photic rock and boulders characterized by perennial algae	No	not reported	not reported	NE
AA.A1E	Baltic photic rock and boulders characterized by epibenthic bivalves	No	not reported	not reported	NE
AA.J1E	Baltic photic sand characterized by epibenthic bivalves	No	not reported	not reported	NE
AA.J4U	Baltic photic sand characterized by no macrocommunity	No	not reported	not reported	LC
AA.M1C	Baltic photic mixed substrate characterized by perennial algae	No	not reported	not reported	NE
AA.M1E	Baltic photic mixed substrate characterized by epibenthic bivalves	No	not reported	not reported	NE
AB.A1E	Baltic aphotic rock and boulders characterized by epibenthic bivalves	No	not reported	not reported	NE
AB.J3L	Baltic aphotic sand characterized by infaunal bivalves	No	not reported	not reported	NE
AB.J4U	Baltic aphotic sand characterized by no macrocommunity	No	not reported	not reported	NE

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)
1110	Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time	No	not reported	not reported	VU	BIS
1170	Reefs	No	not reported	not reported	VU	BIS

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	not reported	potential future
Disturbance or damage to seabed	inside	not reported	potential future
Input of nutrients and organic matter	inside	medium	current,potential future
Input of contaminants (synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, acute events	inside	medium	past,current,potential future
Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-size litter)	inside	not reported	potential future
Extraction or, mortality/injury to, species (targeted, non-targeted)	inside	not reported	potential future
Cultivation/artificialisation of natural habitat	inside	not reported	potential future