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| Data set name | MEPA Coastal Water Survey - Pollutants in biota 2012 | |||||||||
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| GEMET-INSPIRE themes | Oceanographic geographical features | |||||||||
| Abstract | The survey was conducted at 26 stations in the coastal waters of the Maltese Islands. The pollutant levels were measured during a pilot survey and then once (in two replicates) over the period between 30th May 2012 and 7th August 2012. During the surveys, samples of P. oceanica were collected from representative areas along the Maltese coast, and shipped to a laboratory in Italy for analysis according to the following procedures: UNI EN 15763:2010 (for Mercury); UNI EN 15662:2009 (for Hexachlorobenzene); EPA 5021A 2003 + EPA 8260C 2006 (for Hexachlorobutadiene). The measurements were made in connection with a monitoring survey of Maltese coastal waters. The resultant datasets generated provide the benchmark for long term monitoring programs and assessments that are required to implement EU Directives on water resources. | |||||||||
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| Data set creation date | 20181018 | |||||||||
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| Latitude | 36.005569999999999 | |||||||||
| Longitude | 14.361829999999999 | |||||||||
| Datum | World Geodetic System 84 | |||||||||
| Measuring area type | point | |||||||||
| Water depth (m) | 28.2 | |||||||||
| Depth reference | mean sea level | |||||||||
| Minimum instrument depth (m) | 28.2 | |||||||||
| Maximum instrument depth (m) | 28.2 | |||||||||
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| Location qualification | Landward side of the 12 NM boundary | |||||||||
| MSFD areas | Mediterranean Sea | |||||||||
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| Start date | 20120803 | |||||||||
| Start time | 00:00:00 | |||||||||
| End date | 20120803 | |||||||||
| End time | 00:00:00 | |||||||||
| Temporal resolution | 1 | |||||||||
| Temporal resolution | Days | |||||||||
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| Horizontal resolution | 0 | |||||||||
| Horizontal resolution | Degrees | |||||||||
| Vertical resolution | 1 | |||||||||
| Vertical resolution | Metres | |||||||||
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| Cruise name | MEPA Coastal Water Survey 2012-13 | |||||||||
| Alternative cruise name | MEPA_CWS_2012-13_11 | |||||||||
| Cruise start date | 20120803 | |||||||||
| Cruise Summary Report (CSR) | MEPA Coastal Water Survey 2012-13 - Unknown(ZZ99) | |||||||||
| Station name | Station CS03 | |||||||||
| Alternative station name | CS03 | |||||||||
| Station start date | 20120803 | |||||||||
| Who? | ||||||||||
| Data originator | Environment and Resources Authority | |||||||||
| Data custodian | Environment and Resources Authority | |||||||||
| How to get data? | ||||||||||
| Data Distributor | Oceanography Malta Research Group, Department of Geosciences, University of Malta | |||||||||
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| Access/ordering of data | web data access with registration | |||||||||
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| Lineage | The 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 id | 2792111 | |||||||||
| Version | 0 | |||||||||
| CDI-record initial import date | 2018-11-06 18:10:11.963 | |||||||||
| CDI-record last update | 2018-12-07 07:58:35.413 | |||||||||
| Point of contact | Oceanography Malta Research Group, Department of Geosciences, University of Malta |