Wadden Sea Quality Status Report

The Wadden Sea Quality Status Report (QSR) is an online conglomeration of thematic reports on the Wadden Sea, including islands and offshore areas. The reports are sorted in five sections: geomorphology, habitats, species, human activities and pollution. Each thematic report can be downloaded as PDF.

The report went online in 2017. In 2022, updates were given to the reports on alien species, breeding birds, engergy, fish, flyway, marine mammals, migratory birds, subtidal habitats and tourism, with the most recent set of data given on the QSR website: qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org.

Visit qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org for the current QSR version. A complete set of all reports as PDFs (downloaded 09.09.2022) can be downloaded in a zip-file here.

Direct links to each chapter:

Introduction   2017
Geomorphology and climate Climate change 2017
  Climate ecosystems 2017
  Geomorphology 2017
Habitats and communities Beaches and dunes 2017
  Beds of blue mussels and Pacific oysters 2017
  Estuaries 2017
  Macrozoobenthos 2017
  Salt marshes 2017
  Seagrass 2017
  Subtidal habitats 2022 | 2017
Species Alien species 2022 | 2017
  Breeding birds 2022 | 2017
  East Atlantic Flyway 2022 | 2017
  Fish 2022 | 2017
  Marine mammals 2022 | 2017
  Migratory birds 2022 | 2017
Human activities Coastal risk management 2017
  Energy 2022 | 2017
  Extraction and dredging 2017
  Fisheries 2017
  Harbours and shipping 2017
  Landscape and culture 2017
  Military activities 2017
  Tourism 2022 | 2017
Pollution Contaminants in bird eggs 2017
  Eutrophication 2017
  Marine litter 2017
  Oil pollution and seabirds 2017