SeaDataNet Common Data Index (CDI)

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    What?
    Data set nameThe UK Clean Safe Seas Evidence Group (CSSEG), Marine Environment Monitoring and Assessment National Database (MERMAN).
    Discipline
    Parameter groups
    Discovery parameter
    GEMET-INSPIRE themesOceanographic geographical features
    AbstractMERMAN is a national database designed to hold and provide access to data collected under the UK Clean Safe Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme (CSEMP). MERMAN is funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Department of Agriculture Northern Ireland (DARD), the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) and Marine Scotland. CSEMP itself provides a coordinated approach to environmental monitoring in the UK's coastal and estuarine areas. The programme fulfils the UK's commitment to European directives including its mandatory monitoring requirements under the Oslo and Paris Convention (OSPAR) Joint Assessment Monitoring Programme (JAMP). A range of stations are monitored around the UK coastline. Contaminants are measured in waters, sediments and biota to assess their distribution and fate in the environment. Biological effects are also measured to determine the response of organisms to contaminants. Data are quality assured using internal and external programmes. The participating laboratories subscribe to the Quality Assurance of Information for Marine Environmental Monitoring in Europe (QUASIMEME) or the Biological Effects Quality Assurance in Monitoring Programmes (BEQUALM) inter-laboratory proficiency-testing schemes and perform internal quality assurance.
    Data format
    Data set creation date20191119
    Where?
    Map
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    Latitude54.18403
    Longitude-5.1683700000000004
    DatumWorld Geodetic System 84
    Measuring area typepoint
    Water depth (m)112.85
    Depth referenceLowest Astronomical Tide
    Sea regions
    Location qualificationBeyond the 12 NM boundary
    Ices areasCeltic Seas
    MSFD areasNorth East Atlantic Ocean
    Ospar areasCeltic Seas
    When?
    Start date20161102
    End date20161102
    How?
    Instrument/gear category
    Platform type
    Station nameIrishSea_IrSOpenSea_wa
    Alternative station nameIrishSea_IrSOpenSea_wa
    Station start date19900101
    Who?
    Data originatorCentre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Lowestoft Laboratory
    Data custodianBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
    Project nameCSSEG - Clean and Safe Seas Evidence Group (research project)
    How to get data?
    Data DistributorBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
    Database referenceMERMAN
    Access/ordering of dataweb data access with registration
    Access restriction
    Other info
    Quality info
    NameDateComment
    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata2008-12-04See the referenced specification
    COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services2010-12-08See the referenced specification
    Use of certified reference materials2014-03-17https://doi.org/10.13120/e08m-se73
    Accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:20052014-03-17https://doi.org/10.13120/e08m-se73
    Participation to intercalibration exercise2014-03-17https://doi.org/10.13120/e08m-se73
    LineageThe data centres apply standard data quality control procedures on all data that the centres manage. Ask the data centre for details.
    CDI-metadata
    CDI-record id2504006
    Version1 
    CDI-record initial import date2017-09-13 17:28:09.570
    CDI-record last update2023-03-14 13:45:41.920
    Point of contactBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
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