Database release:
SDF
NATURA 2000 - STANDARD DATA FORM

For Special Protection Areas (SPA),
Proposed Sites for Community Importance (pSCI),
Sites of Community Importance (SCI) and
for Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. SITE IDENTIFICATION

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1.1 Type

B

1.2 Site code

GR2220007

1.3 Site name

THALASSIA ZONI APO ARGOSTOLI EOS ORMO MOUNTA

1.4 First Compilation date

2016-12

1.5 Update date

2020-07

1.6 Respondent:

Name/Organisation:Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας
Address:               
Email:

1.7 Site indication and designation / classification dates

Date site proposed as SCI: No information provided
Date site confirmed as SCI: No information provided
Date site designated as SAC: No information provided
National legal reference of SAC designation:Law 3937/29-3-11 (OJ 60 A)

2. SITE LOCATION

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2.1 Site-centre location [decimal degrees]:

Longitude:20.718677
Latitude:38.048650

2.2 Area [ha]

9403.8400

2.3 Marine area [%]

100.0000

2.4 Sitelength [km] (optional):


No information provided

2.5 Administrative region code and name

NUTS level 2 code Region Name
GR22Ionia Nisia

2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)

Marine Mediterranean (0.00 %)

3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

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3.1 Habitat types present on the site and assessment for them

Annex I Habitat types Site assessment
Code PF NP Cover [ha] Cave [number] Data quality A|B|C|D A|B|C
      RepresentativityRelative SurfaceConservationGlobal
1110  info      6000  0.00 
1120  info  X     2308  0.00 
1170  info      923  0.00 
8330  info      0.00 
  • PF: for the habitat types that can have a non-priority as well as a priority form (6210, 7130, 9430) enter "X" in the column PF to indicate the priority form.
  • NP: in case that a habitat type no longer exists in the site enter: x (optional)
  • Cover: decimal values can be entered
  • Caves: for habitat types 8310, 8330 (caves) enter the number of caves if estimated surface is not available.
  • Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation)

3.2 Species referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC and listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43/EEC and site evaluation for them

Species Population in the site Site assessment
G Code Scientific Name S NP T Size Unit Cat. D.qual. A|B|C|D A|B|C
      MinMax  Pop.Con.Iso.Glo.
R1224Caretta caretta        subadults  DD         
R1224Caretta caretta    22  85  bfemales   
R1227Chelonia mydas        subadults  DD         
  • Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, I = Invertebrates, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
  • S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
  • NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
  • Type: p = permanent, r = reproducing, c = concentration, w = wintering (for plant and non-migratory species use permanent)
  • Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the Standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting (see reference portal)
  • Abundance categories (Cat.): C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present - to fill if data are deficient (DD) or in addition to population size information
  • Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation); VP = 'Very poor' (use this category only, if not even a rough estimation of the population size can be made, in this case the fields for population size can remain empty, but the field "Abundance categories" has to be filled in)

3.3 Other important species of flora and fauna (optional)

Species

Population in the site

Motivation

Group CODE Scientific Name S NP Size Unit Cat. Species Annex Other categories
     MinMax C|R|V|PIVVABCD
Balanophyllia europaea                   
Ballanophyllia europeae                   
Caryophyllia sp                   
Caulerpa cylindracea                   
Cystoseira amentacea                   
Cystoseira barbatula                   
Cystoseira compressa                   
Cystoseira crinita                   
Cystoseira crinita                   
Cystoseira foeniculacea                   
Cystoseira sp.                   
Cystoseira spinosa                   
Cystoseira spp                   
Lithophyllum sp.                   
Ophidiaster ophidianus                   
Paracentrotus lividus                   
Percnon gibbesi                   
1028Pinna nobilis                   
Sargassum sp.                   
Siganus luridus                   
Sparisoma cretense                   
Sphaerechinus granularis                   
Syngnathus abaster                   
Titanoderma trochanter                   
  • Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, Fu = Fungi, I = Invertebrates, L = Lichens, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
  • CODE: for Birds, Annex IV and V species the code as provided in the reference portal should be used in addition to the scientific name
  • S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
  • NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
  • Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting, (see reference portal)
  • Cat.: Abundance categories: C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present
  • Motivation categories: IV, V: Annex Species (Habitats Directive), A: National Red List data; B: Endemics; C: International Conventions; D: other reasons

4. SITE DESCRIPTION

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4.1 General site character

Habitat class % Cover

Total Habitat Cover

0

Other Site Characteristics

Marine reptiles: The site includes the coastal marine area (up to the 50m isobath) from the entrance of Argostoli Gulf until Mounta Bay to the south-easternmost point of the island. It also includes the beach and the dunes of Mounta beach.Marine habitats (subregion: PARAKTIA THALASSIA ZONI APO ARGOSTOLI EOS ORMO MOUNTA): In 2015, the site was extended to include the marine area between Vlachata and Mounta bay, where numerous caves, shallow reefs and extensive Posidonia beds occur. The area was also extended 2nm off coast to comprise ecologically important and vulnerable rhodolith beds and coralligenous formations.

4.2 Quality and importance

The area contains beaches important for the reproduction of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), with Mounta beach being the most turtle-frequented. Marine habitats (subregion: PARAKTIA THALASSIA ZONI APO ARGOSTOLI EOS ORMO MOUNTA): Following Posidonia oceanica’s lower limit distribution (~36m depth), rhodolith beds (deep counterpart of Habitat Type 1110) predominate on the circalittoral sedimentary bottoms of this site. Very particular and extensive horizontal coralligenous formations (“coralligenous platforms”) also occur at depths exceeding 35m. Caves and semi-submerged caves (Habitat Type 8330) exist along the rocky coasts between Lourdata and Mounta bay, several of which of breeding importance for the monk seal Monachus monachus. Soft rocks of Lourda bay are home to a very particular endolithic biodiversity.

4.3 Threats, pressures and activities with impacts on the site

The most important impacts and activities with high effect on the site

Negative Impacts
RankThreats and pressures [code]Pollution (optional) [code]inside/outside [i|o|b]
LD01.03i
LE01.03i
LE03.01i
ME03.03i
MF02.01b
HF02.02.01o
MF02.03b
MF02.03.03b
HF03.02.05i
MF05.01i
MF05.04b
LG01.03i
LG01.03.02i
LG02.08i
MG02.10i
MG05.01i
MG05.02b
MG05.03i
LG05.05i
LG05.11i
LH01.05b
MH03.01b
MH03.03b
MH03.03i
LH06.01i
LH06.02i
MI01b
LI02b
MJ03.01b
LL08i
HM01.01b
LM01.01i
MXEo
MXOo
MXOo
Positive Impacts
RankActivities, management [code]Pollution (optional) [code]inside/outside [i|o|b]

Rank: H = high, M = medium, L = low
Pollution: N = Nitrogen input, P = Phosphor/Phosphate input, A = Acid input/acidification,
T = toxic inorganic chemicals, O = toxic organic chemicals, X = Mixed pollutions
i = inside, o = outside, b = both

4.4 Ownership (optional)


No information provided

4.5 Documentation (optional)

[1] Antoniadou C, Chintiroglou Ch, 2005. Biodiversity of zoobenthic hard-substrate sublittoral communities in the Eastern Mediterranean (North Aegean Sea). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 62: 637–653.

5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS

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6. SITE MANAGEMENT

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6.1 Body(ies) responsible for the site management:


No information provided

6.2 Management Plan(s):

An actual management plan does exist:

Yes
No, but in preparation
X
No

6.3 Conservation measures (optional)


No information provided

 

7. MAP OF THE SITE

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