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National Marine Monitoring Programme data set
Citation
Whomersley, P., 2003: National Marine Monitoring Programme. Benthos data of the North Sea, Irish Sea, English Channel from 2002-2003. CEFAS, Burnham On Crouch, UK. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/615

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Archived data
Availability: Restricted
The data are withheld from general circulation and disclosure but access may be obtained on a case-by-case basis through negotiation

Notes: Release with permission of the appropriate parties

Description
The National Marine Monitoring Programme dataset describes the spatial distribution of contaminants in UK marine waters and their biological status more

The original dataset objective was to fulfil the UK’s mandatory monitoring requirements under the OSPAR Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme (JAMP) and to monitor long-term trends at selected temporal stations around the UK

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Macrobenthos, ANE, English Channel, ANE, Irish Sea, ANE, North Sea, EurOBIS calculated BBOX

Geographical coverage
ANE, English Channel [Marine Regions]
ANE, Irish Sea [Marine Regions]
ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -6,0015; MinLat: 50,4295 - MaxLong: 2,0005; MaxLat: 55,0093 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
2002 - 2003

Parameters
Area of sample {sampled area} from the bed [BODC]
Count
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Description of lithology of sediment by visual estimation [BODC]
Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]

Contributors
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science; Burnham Laboratory, moredata ownerdata creator

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
(Partly) included in:
Macroben: Macroben database (Marbef Theme 1 workshop), more


Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2005-11-09
Information last updated: 2014-01-08
All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy


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