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Metadata: DAERA CSEMP Sediment Contaminant Monitoring 1999 - present
Abstract:
DAERA Marine and Fisheries Division are the Competent Monitoring Authority responsible for annual sediment sampling at 7 sites in waters around Northern Ireland. The sites are part of the Clean Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme (CSEMP); a UK wide monitoring programme coordinated by the Clean, Safe Seas Evidence Group (CSSEG). The data generated is used to assess the status and trend of contaminants concentrations in sediment, and contributes to the UK's requirements under the Oslo and Paris Convention (OSPAR). Northern Ireland data has also been used in national assessments, such as Charting Progress 2, and to support the UK's 2018 assessments for Descriptor 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Monitoring sites are assigned to regions for reporting and assessment. Belfast Lough Inner, Belfast Lough Outer, Larne Lough, Strangford Lough and Carlingford Lough are in the Irish Sea. Lough Foyle and the Bann Estuary are in the Minches and Malin Sea (Irish and Scottish West Coast). The Irish Sea and Irish and Scottish West Coast are reported under OSPAR Region III. The sediment data used in the 2018 CSEMP assessment using data from MERMAN may be cited with the citation provided by Marine Scotland https://doi.org/10.7489/12227-1.
Data holder:
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Use constraints:
No restrictions to public access
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 2380 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | DAERA CSEMP Sediment Contaminant Monitoring 1999 - present |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 9f6d581b73119af088963fdbc5db328e |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | DAERA-SEDCON |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1999-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2020-02-26 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | annually |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | DAERA Marine and Fisheries Division are the Competent Monitoring Authority responsible for annual sediment sampling at 7 sites in waters around Northern Ireland. The sites are part of the Clean Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme (CSEMP); a UK wide monitoring programme coordinated by the Clean, Safe Seas Evidence Group (CSSEG). The data generated is used to assess the status and trend of contaminants concentrations in sediment, and contributes to the UK's requirements under the Oslo and Paris Convention (OSPAR). Northern Ireland data has also been used in national assessments, such as Charting Progress 2, and to support the UK's 2018 assessments for Descriptor 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Monitoring sites are assigned to regions for reporting and assessment. Belfast Lough Inner, Belfast Lough Outer, Larne Lough, Strangford Lough and Carlingford Lough are in the Irish Sea. Lough Foyle and the Bann Estuary are in the Minches and Malin Sea (Irish and Scottish West Coast). The Irish Sea and Irish and Scottish West Coast are reported under OSPAR Region III. The sediment data used in the 2018 CSEMP assessment using data from MERMAN may be cited with the citation provided by Marine Scotland https://doi.org/10.7489/12227-1. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Sediment sampling is carried out between March and April each year. A day grab is used to collect 5 replicate samples for chemical analysis at each site (in accordance with Green Book guidance). Samples are sieved and sent to an accredited laboratory for chemical analysis. The analytical results are returned to DAERA and screened for oddities/outliers before being reporting to the National Marine Database (MERMAN). Particle Size Analysis is performed in-house and reported to MERMAN alongside the contaminant data. The analytical laboratory must submit Analytical Quality Control (AQC) and Proficiency Testing (PT) results to MERMAN. MERMAN uses an in-built data filter to ensure that the submitted data are fit for purpose. The filter calculates a score based on the QC information provided by the analytical laboratory. Only data that pass the AQC process are released to OSPAR/ICES or used in UK assessments (MSFD) |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Human health and safety | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment Type | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bio-geographical regions | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment samples | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of other organic contaminants in sediment samples | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in sediment samples | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Carbon concentrations in sediment | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Nitrogen concentrations in sediment | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment grain size parameters | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | UK project | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | environment | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environment Monitoring | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.3492 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.2739 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.9639 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -7.3833 |
| Regional sea | Irish Sea | |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Position name | Data contact | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Individual name | MERMAN Data Officer | |
| Position name | Data contact | |
| Phone | +44 (0)23 8059 6666 | |
| Delivery point | University of Southampton Waterfront Campus European Way | |
| Postal code | SO14 3ZH | |
| City | Southampton | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Position name | Data contact | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Position name | Data contact | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/projects/data_management/uk/merman/assessments_and_data_access/ |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Link to MERMAN assessments and data access |
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://www.opendatani.gov.uk/dataset/daera-csemp-sediment-contaminant-monitoring |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Link to open data NI website |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | No restrictions to public access |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | The sediment data used in the 2018 CSEMP assessment using data from MERMAN may be cited with the citation provided by Marine Scotland https://doi.org/10.7489/12227-1. |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2019-08-29 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2019-06-27 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-12 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2020-02-26 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery metadata standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |