MEPA Inland Water Survey - Pollutants in sediment 2013

The Sediments Baseline Survey was conducted in 10 inland water bodies. The samples were collected between 29th May and 6th June 2013. Two replicate samples of superficial (up to 10 cm depth) sediments were collected from each station using pre-treated samplers. Where water was sufficiently shallow, sediments were collected by hand using a core sampler, while in locations where water bodies were deep, sediment was collected using a hand-held stainless steel grab. The pollutants tested for include the list of priority substances and other pollutants as stipulated in the Environmental Quality Standard Directive (2008/105/EC). Chemical analyses of sediment samples for all parameters analysed were carried out according to standard methodology at CADA Laboratories s.n.c. (Italy), which are accredited according to ACCREDIA 2 CEN/ISO 17025 certification.

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Date (Creation)
2019-04-01
Date (Revision)
2019-04-17
Date (Publication)
2019-04-18
Date (Publication)
2019-05-15
Citation identifier
aeb2dce0-54e8-4ef1-97ab-07dea759763c
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
SeaVoX salt and fresh water body gazetteer
SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups
SeaDataNet device categories
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
SeaVoX Platform Categories
MEDIN data format categories
BODC-approved data storage units (Spatial Unit)
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
    2013-05-29
    End date
    2013-06-06
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    Supplemental Information

    PDF of report, Excel file
    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/0Fuy9Zl9QkDPL8O

    WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

         		https://cdi.seadatanet.org/search/welcome.php?query=2149&query_code={9CA89A61-3A0E-4171-8590-BF6BBDDA6138}
    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 Inland Water Survey data collected by the Environment Resources Authority (ex Malta Environment and Planning Authority) are managed by the University of Malta following the SeaDataNet data management standards concerning gathering, processing, quality controlling and metadata preparation.|The data was available in the form of a report in PDF format. This was digitized and validated using standard procedures.

    Metadata

    File identifier
    aeb2dce0-54e8-4ef1-97ab-07dea759763c XML
    Metadata language
    English
    Character set
    UTF8
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    Date stamp
    2025-05-07T00:00:00
    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

    BODC-approved data storage units (Spatial Unit)

    Metres
    GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

    Oceanographic geographical features
    MEDIN data format categories

    Text or Plaintext
    SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups

    Hydrocarbons Metal and metalloid concentrations PCBs and organic micropollutants
    SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

    Carbon concentrations in sediment Concentration of organic matter in sediments Concentration of other organic contaminants in sediment samples Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in sediment samples Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment samples Nitrogen concentrations in sediment Pesticide concentrations in sediment
    SeaDataNet device categories

    gas chromatograph mass spectrometers gas chromatographs inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometers
    SeaVoX Platform Categories

    land or seafloor


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