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Fact sheet for HELCOM MPA 94 - Pärnu lahe

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General information of MPA Pärnu lahe, Estonia

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Species in MPA Pärnu lahe, Estonia (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
Anas strepera	Gadwall	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Anser fabalis fabalis	Taiga bean goose	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	EN	SIS	WORMS
Arenaria interpres	Ruddy turnstone	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Aythya marila	Greater scaup	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Branta leucopsis	Barnacle goose	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Calidris alpina schinzii	Southern dunlin	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	EN	SIS	WORMS
Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula	Ringed plover	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS
Clangula hyemalis	Long-tailed duck	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	EN	SIS	WORMS
Cobitis taenia	Spined loach	Fish and lamprey species	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	LC	SIS	WORMS
Gavia stellata	Red-throated diver	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	CR	SIS	WORMS
Halichoerus grypus	Grey seal	Mammals	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	LC	SIS	WORMS
Lampetra fluviatilis	River lamprey	Fish and lamprey species	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS
Larus canus	Mew gull	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Limosa limosa limosa	Black-tailed godwit	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS
Melanitta fusca	Velvet scoter	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Melanitta nigra	Common scoter	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	EN	SIS	WORMS
Mergus serrator	Red-breasted merganser	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Philomachus pugnax	Ruff	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Phoca hispida botnica	Baltic ringed seal	Mammals	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Somateria mollissima	Common eider	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	VU	SIS	WORMS
Sterna hirundo	Common tern	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Sterna paradisaea	Arctic tern	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Sterna sandvicensis	Sandwich tern	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	LC	SIS	WORMS
Tringa totanus	Common redshank	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	NT	SIS	WORMS

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Biotopes in MPA Pärnu lahe, Estonia

Biotope complexes in MPA Pärnu lahe, Estonia.

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)
5130	Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites)	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
6270	Fennoscandian lowland species-rich dry to mesic grasslands	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
6280	Nordic alvar and precambrian calcareous flatrocks	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
6410	Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae)	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
6450	Northern boreal alluvial meadows	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
6510	Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
6530	Fennoscandian wooded meadows	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
7110	Active raised bogs	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
7120	Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration	No	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	-	-
7230	Alkaline fens	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
8220	Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
9010	Western Taïga	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
9020	Fennoscandian hemiboreal natural old broad-leaved deciduous forests (Quercus, Tilia, Acer, Fraxinus or Ulmus) rich in epiphytes	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
91D0	Bog woodland	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
9050	Fennoscandian herb-rich forests with Picea abies	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
9070	Fennoscandian wooded pastures	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
9080	Fennoscandian deciduous swamp woods	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
9180	Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
91F0	Riparian mixed forests of Quercus robur, Ulmus laevis and Ulmus minor, Fraxinus excelsior or Fraxinus angustifolia, along the great rivers (Ulmenion minoris)	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
1110	Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time	No	not reported	not reported	VU	BIS
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide	No	not reported	not reported	VU	BIS
1150	Coastal lagoons	No	not reported	not reported	EN	BIS
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays	No	not reported	not reported	VU	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	-	-
1640	Boreal Baltic sandy beaches with perennial vegetation	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ("white dunes")	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation ("grey dunes")	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
2180	Wooded dunes of the Atlantic, Continental and Boreal region	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
2190	Humid dune slacks	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
3160	Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds	No	not reported	not reported	-	-
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation	No	not reported	not reported	-	-

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Management and regulated activities of MPA Pärnu lahe, Estonia

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