Greater North Sea and Celtic Seas - Contaminants aggregated datasets 1973/2022 v2024

EMODnet Chemistry aims to provide access to marine chemistry datasets and derived data products concerning eutrophication, acidity and contaminants. The importance of the selected substances and other parameters relates to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). This aggregated dataset contains all unrestricted EMODnet Chemistry data on potential hazardous substances, despite the fact that some data might not be related to pollution (e.g. collected by deep corer). Temperature, salinity and additional parameters are included when available. It covers the Greater North Sea and Celtic Seas. Data were harmonised and validated by the 'Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Marine Ecology Roskilde' in Denmark.

The dataset contains water (profiles), sediment (profiles) and biota (profiles and timeseries). The temporal coverage is 1970–2022 for water measurements, 1970–2021 for sediment measurements and 1979–2022 for biota measurements.

Regional datasets concerning contaminants are automatically harvested and the resulting collections are harmonised and validated using ODV Software and following a common methodology for all sea regions ( https://doi.org/10.6092/8b52e8d7-dc92-4305-9337-7634a5cae3f4 ). Parameter names are based on P01 vocabulary, which relates to BODC Parameter Usage Vocabulary and is available at: https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/search_nvs/P01/ .

The harmonised dataset can be downloaded as as an ODV spreadsheet, which is composed of a metadata header followed by tab separated values. This spreadsheet can be imported into ODV Software for visualisation (more information can be found at: https://www.seadatanet.org/Software/ODV ). In addition, the same dataset is offered also as a txt file in a long/vertical format, in which each P01 measurement is a record line. Additionally, there are a series of columns that split P01 terms into subcomponents (substance, CAS number, matrix...).This transposed format is more adapted to worksheet applications (e.g. LibreOffice Calc).

Alternate title: Greater_North_Sea_Contaminants_aggregated_datasets_1970/2022_v2024

Date (Creation): 2024-07-09

Edition: 1.0

Citation identifier: 6bfed137-5135-4091-bc9e-120b985138f7

Credit: EMODnet Chemistry

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Marine Ecology Roskilde		Originator
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute	info@afbini.gov.uk	Originator
Elbe River Water Authority	thomas.gaumert@arge-elbe.de	Originator
Environment Agency Head Office	enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk	Originator
Environment Agency Solent and South Downs Area Office	enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk	Originator
Environment Agency South East Regional Office	enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk	Originator
Environment Agency South West Regional Office	enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk	Originator
Environment Agency Wales		Originator
Federal Institute of Hydrology (BFG)	posteingang@bafg.de	Originator
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency	posteingang@bsh.de	Originator
Federal Research Centre for Fisheries (Cuxhaven)	t.lang@t-online.de	Originator
Federal Research Centre for Fisheries (Hamburg)	info@ish.bfa-fisch.de	Originator
Finnish Institute of Marine Research (FIMR)		Originator
GKSS Research Center	arndt@gkss.de	Originator
Geological Survey of Sweden, SGU	sgu@sgu.se	Originator
German Hydrographic Institute	friedrich.nast	Originator
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute - Stockholm	info@ivl.se	Originator
Ifremer / VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring)		Originator
Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defense and Nature Conservation Agency	Dieter.Steffen@nlwkn-hi.niedersachsen.de	Originator
Marine Institute	datarequests@marine.ie	Originator
Plymouth Marine Laboratory	forinfo@pml.ac.uk	Originator
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory	inapplicable	Originator
Rijkswaterstaat Water, Traffic and Environment		Originator
Senckenberg by the Sea, Wilhelmshaven	mefo@senckenberg.de, dzmb@senckenberg.de	Originator
State Agency for Nature and Environment of Schleswig Holstein (LANU)	infonet@lanu.landsh.de	Originator
State Office for Water Economy and Shore, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel		Originator
State Office of Ecology of Lower Saxony	Poststelle@nlwkn-hi.niedersachsen.de	Originator
University of Plymouth, Institute of Marine Studies	inapplicable	Originator
Weser River Management Bureau	info@fgg-weser.de	Originator
Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Marine Ecology Roskilde	bios@au.dk	Author
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory	datamanager@cefas.co.uk	Originator
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs	daerahelpline@daera-ni.gov.uk.	Originator
Marine Scotland Science	inapplicable	Originator
Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Angus Smith Building	inapplicable	Originator
Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Edinburgh Office	inapplicable	Originator
Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Marine Ecology Roskilde		Originator
Geological Survey of Sweden	sgu@sgu.se	Originator
Marine Institute	datarequests@marine.ie	Originator
Oresund Water Conservation Association	info@oresunds-vvf.se	Originator
Rijkswaterstaat Water, Traffic and Environment		Originator
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency	registrator@naturvardsverket.se	Originator
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute	info@afbini.gov.uk	Originator
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Burnham Laboratory		Originator
Environment Agency North West Regional Office	enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk	Originator
Environment Agency South West Regional Office	enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk	Originator
Environment Agency Wales		Originator
IFREMER, Biogeochemical and Ecotoxicological Resarch Unit (Brest)		Originator
Ifremer, Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring		Originator
Scottish Environment Protection Agency, East Kilbride Office	inapplicable	Originator
County Administration Board of Halland	halland@lansstyrelsen.se	Originator
County Administration Board of Skane	skane@lansstyrelsen.se	Originator
County Administrative Board of Vastra Gotaland	vastragotaland@lansstyrelsen.se	Originator
Environment Agency Anglian Regional Office	enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk	Originator
Environment Agency Solent and South Downs Area Office	enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk	Originator
Environment Agency South East Regional Office	enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk	Originator
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency	posteingang@bsh.de	Originator
National Rivers Authority Northumbrian Region, Washington Laboratory		Originator
Flanders Marine Institute	data@vliz.be	Originator
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute (Stockholm)	info@ivl.se	Originator
French Geological Survey (BRGM)		Originator
Elbe River Water Authority	thomas.gaumert@arge-elbe.de	Originator
Federal Institute of Hydrology	posteingang@bafg.de	Originator
Federal Research Centre for Fisheries (Cuxhaven)	t.lang@t-online.de	Originator
Federal Research Centre for Fisheries (Hamburg)	info@ish.bfa-fisch.de	Originator
Finnish Institute of Marine Research		Originator
GKSS Research Center	arndt@gkss.de	Originator
German Hydrographic Institute	friedrich.nast	Originator
Institute of Marine Research	post@imr.no	Originator
Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defense and Nature Conservation Agency	Poststelle@nlwkn-nor.niedersachsen.de	Originator
Senckenberg by the Sea, Wilhelmshaven	mefo@senckenberg.de, dzmb@senckenberg.de	Originator
State Agency for Nature and Environment of Schleswig Holstein	infonet@lanu.landsh.de	Originator
State Office for Water Economy and Shore, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel		Originator
State Office of Ecology of Lower Saxony	Poststelle@nlwkn-hi.niedersachsen.de	Originator
Weser River Management Bureau	info@fgg-weser.de	Originator
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research	folke.mehrtens@awi.de	Originator
Briese Schiffahrt	info@briese.de	Originator
Federaal Agentschap voor Nucleaire Controle		Originator
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Westshore campus)	info@geomar.de	Originator
IHE, Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models (Ostend)	inapplicable	Originator
Murmansk Hydrometeorological Administration of Roshydromet	leader@kolgimet.murman.ru	Originator
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Duplicate)	enquiries@niwa.co.nz	Originator
National Science Foundation	info@nsf.gov	Originator
Natural Environment Research Council	mary.goodchild@nerc.ukri.org	Originator
Odessa Branch of State Oceanographic Institute		Originator
P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS	office@ocean.ru	Originator
Plymouth Marine Laboratory	forinfo@pml.ac.uk	Originator
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory	inapplicable	Originator
RF Forschungsschiffahrt GmbH	info@rf-bremen.de	Originator
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models	info@mumm.ac.be	Originator
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models, Ostend	bmmost@mumm.ac.be	Originator
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment		Originator
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment (Ostend)	odnature@naturalsciences.be	Originator
State Oceanographic Institute	adm@oceanography.ru, korshenko@mail.ru	Originator
State Office for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of Schleswig Holstein	poststelle@llur.landsh.de	Originator
University of Plymouth, Institute of Marine Studies	inapplicable	Originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry	wbaeyens@vub.ac.be	Originator
Waterways and Shipping Authority Wilhelmshaven	wsa-wilhelmshaven@wsv.bund.de	Originator
Waterways and Shipping Office Cuxhaven	poststelle-cux@cux.wsd-nord.de	Originator
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution		Originator
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography	nodc@ogs.it	Custodian
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models, Belgian Marine Data Centre	bmdc@mumm.ac.be	Originator

Thèmes Sextant

/Chemical Environment/Contaminants

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Oceanographic geographical features

SeaVoX salt and fresh water body gazetteer

North Sea

Theme

EMODnet Chemistry

Matrix Categories

EMODnet Chemistry chemical groups

Use limitation: CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Use constraints: unrestricted

Other constraints: Usage is subject to mandatory citation: "This resource was generated in the framework of EMODnet Chemistry, under the support of DG MARE Call for Tender EASME/EMFF/2020/3.1.11/European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) - Lot 5 - Chemistry".

Spatial representation type: Vector

Language: eng

Topic category

Oceans
Environment
Biota

Description: Bounding box

Begin date: 1970-02-17

End date: 2022-12-29

Vertical extent

Minimum value: -263

Maximum value: 0.0

Reference system identifier: EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)

Geometric object type: Point

Distribution format

Name	Version
SeaDataNet ODV/Text	0.4

Distributor

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography		nodc@ogs.trieste.it	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK	https://emodnet-chemistry.webodv.awi.de/	Explore and extract data
WWW:DOWNLOAD	https://nodc.ogs.it/repository/aggregated-datasets/contaminants/EMD_Contaminants_NorthSea_2024_unrestricted.zip	Direct download
WWW:LINK	https://doi.org/10.6092/8b52e8d7-dc92-4305-9337-7634a5cae3f4	Quality Control steps for EMODnet Chemistry Contaminant aggregated datasets
DOI	https://doi.org/10.13120/6bfed137-5135-4091-bc9e-120b985138f7	Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Hierarchy level: Series

Conformance result

Title: 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 services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Statement: The original datasets can be searched and downloaded from EMODnet Chemistry Chemistry CDI Data and Discovery Access Service: https://cdi-chemistry.seadatanet.org/search