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MEPA Coastal Water Survey - Pollutants in sediment 2012

The survey was conducted at 17 stations in the coastal waters of the Maltese Islands in 2012. Sediment samples were collected using a Van Veen grab sampler. The collected sediment was collected in a container of adequate size, photographed and immediately sampled. At each station two samples were collected in order to execute and compare two chemical analyses. These were placed in a cool box and transported to the warehouse and stored in a refrigerator. Later, they were shipped by express courier to the laboratory within 3 working days. The samples were analysed for the level of pollutants using International Organization for Standardization and US Environmental Protection Agency standard procedures. The pollutants tested for are important metals, hydrocarbons and PAHs and persistent organic compounds that can cause bioaccumulation. 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 in order to implement EU Directives on water resources.

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Date (Creation)
2020-09-29
Date (Revision)
Date (Publication)
2020-10-07
Date (Publication)
2023-03-16
Citation identifier
8d9a3902-7e1c-49bf-8e72-dc27509d955e
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role
Environment and Resources Authority

info@era.org.mt

Originator of Dataset
Oceanography Malta Research Group, Department of Geosciences, University of Malta

po-geo.sci@um.edu.mt

Dataset Holding Organisation
Oceanography Malta Research Group, Department of Geosciences, University of Malta

po-geo.sci@um.edu.mt

Author
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Oceanographic geographical features
SeaVoX salt and fresh water body gazetteer
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Strait of Sicily
SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups
  • Metal and metalloid concentrations
  • PCBs and organic micropollutants
SeaDataNet device categories
  • sediment grabs
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
  • Trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in sediment pore water
  • Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters
  • Organometallic and organometalloid species concentration parameters in sediments
  • Pesticide concentrations in sediment
SeaVoX Platform Categories
  • self-propelled boat
MEDIN data format categories
  • Text or Plaintext
SeaDataNet Measurement Periodicity Categories
  • inapplicable
Keywords
    Access constraints
    Other restrictions
    Other constraints
    no limitations to public access
    Use limitation

    Conditions for access and use apply

    Use constraints
    Other restrictions
    Other constraints

    PDDL

    Language
    English
    Character set
    UTF8
    Topic category
    • Oceans
    Begin date
    2012-08-01
    End date
    2012-08-22
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    Supplemental Information

    XML metadata files, original report

    Unique resource identifier
    WGS 1984

    Spatial representation info

    No information provided.
    Distribution format
    Name Version
    Text or Plaintext

    1

    OnLine resource
    Protocol Linkage Name

    WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

    https://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/PECeEJtdBY7cYC8

    WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

    https://cdi-chemistry.seadatanet.org/search/welcome.php?query=2560&query_code={BFF1FB9C-6401-4D74-A5DC-9D10DA2CDA5D}

    WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

    https://cdi.seadatanet.org/search/welcome.php?query=2560&query_code={BFF1FB9C-6401-4D74-A5DC-9D10DA2CDA5D}
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset

    Conformance result

    Title

    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 metadata

    Date (Publication)
    2010-12-08
    Explanation

    See the referenced specification

    Pass
    No

    Conformance result

    Title

    Corrigendum to INSPIRE Metadata Regulation published in the Official Journal of the European Union, L 328, page 83

    Date (Publication)
    2010-12-08
    Explanation

    See the referenced specification

    Pass
    No

    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

    Pass
    No
    Statement

    MEPA Coastal Water Survey data collected by the Environment and Resources Authority are managed by the University of Malta following the SeaDataNet data management standards concerning gathering, processing, quality controlling, metadata preparation.|The data was available in the form of a report in PDF format. This was digitized and validated using standard procedures. The metadata was then converted into an XML object.

    Metadata

    File identifier
    8d9a3902-7e1c-49bf-8e72-dc27509d955e XML
    Metadata language
    English
    Character set
    UTF8
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    Date stamp
    2025-05-21T00:00:00
    Metadata standard name

    ISO 19115:2003/19139

    Metadata standard version

    1.0

    Metadata author
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role
    Oceanography Malta Research Group, Department of Geosciences, University of Malta

    po-geo.sci@um.edu.mt

    Point of contact
     
     

    Overviews

    Spatial extent

    thumbnail

    Keywords

    GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

    Oceanographic geographical features
    MEDIN data format categories

    Text or Plaintext
    SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups

    Metal and metalloid concentrations PCBs and organic micropollutants
    SeaDataNet Measurement Periodicity Categories

    inapplicable
    SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

    Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters Organometallic and organometalloid species concentration parameters in sediments Pesticide concentrations in sediment Trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in sediment pore water
    SeaDataNet device categories

    sediment grabs
    SeaVoX Platform Categories

    self-propelled boat


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