The outcome of the indicator based (quantitative) comparisons was very similar to the qualitative comparison in the current Nordic IPBES-like study, asthe Barents Sea and Lofoten area had the highest score and the Gulf of Finland and the Kattegat, the lowest. In each of the areas, the most important ecosystem components that had the largest overall contribution to the integrated assessment were different. In the Barents Sea those were Harp seal and Kittiwake, in the Gulf of Finland benthic fauna and three species offish (salmon, smoltand herring), at the Lithuanian coast the extent of benthic habitats affected by human impacts, and in Kattegat the winter abundance of three bird species (Fulmar, Kittiwake, and Guillemot).