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The National Performance Framework Clean Seas Indicator 2017 is the percentage of assessments of metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in biota and sediment showing concentrations that are unlikely to harm marine organisms in Scottish waters. The Indicator is based on a series of regional assessments in which the mean concentration of each contaminant is compared to the Environmental Assessment Criteria (EAC) or an equivalent threshold when the EAC has not been established. The regional assessments are themselves based on the 2017 assessment of the UK's Clean Seas Environment Monitoring Programme (CSEMP).
Scottish Government (Marine Scotland)
no limitations to public access
Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 5975 |
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. | Contaminant and biological effect data 1999-2016 for the National Performance Framework Clean Seas Indicator 2017 |
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. | Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_12195 |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_12195 |
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 | 2016-12-31 |
Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | 200.00 |
Spatial resolution unit | This describes the unit of spatial resolution which for distance must be metres. | http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ISO_19139_Schemas/resources/uom/gmxUom.xml#m |
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'. | Not Planned |
Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | The National Performance Framework Clean Seas Indicator 2017 is the percentage of assessments of metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in biota and sediment showing concentrations that are unlikely to harm marine organisms in Scottish waters. The Indicator is based on a series of regional assessments in which the mean concentration of each contaminant is compared to the Environmental Assessment Criteria (EAC) or an equivalent threshold when the EAC has not been established. The regional assessments are themselves based on the 2017 assessment of the UK's Clean Seas Environment Monitoring Programme (CSEMP). |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Data are submitted to the MERMAN database by relevant UK Competent Monitoring Authorities. A series of templates are populated by submitting officers and submitted to the database which has in-built data restrictions and a data filter to ensure high quality, accurate data are submitted. The data filter has formulae in-built which use Accredited Quality Control information from known standards, limits, standard deviations and/or inter laboratory calibration exercises to calculate a score. Only data that pass a threshold agreed with the national advisory bodies are used for assessments. The data for 1999 - 2016 were extracted from MERMAN on 20 July 2018. Further data checks were made and records with obvious errors were deleted or corrected. The concentration and biological effects data were standardised to agreed units and bases and, in the case of sediment, were normalised to 5% aluminium (metals) and 2.5% organic carbon (organics). The data were grouped into time series, typically of a single contaminant in a single species at a single monitoring station. Time series with no data for the period 2011 - 2016 were excluded. These timeseries were then assessed for status and trends using the methods described at https://www.bodc.ac.uk/projects/data_management/uk/merman/assessments_and_data_access/csemp/. The results for the most recent CSEMP assessment can be found at the same location. (Note that if the extraction date at the top of the assessment application is later than 20 July 2018, the assessment has been updated.) The National Performance Framework Clean Seas Indicator is constructed by selecting the timeseries in Scottish waters and making regional assessments of the concentrations of cadmium, lead, mercury, PAHs and PCBs in biota and sediment in three regions: the Northern North Sea, Minches and Western Scotland and Irish Sea (Clyde & Solway). For each contaminant or contaminant group, region, and biota / sediment, the mean concentration is compared to the EAC (or an equivalent threshold when the EAC has not been established). The Indicator is the percentage of these comparisons in which the mean concentration is significantly below the threshold. The results and the methods behind them can be found at http://marine.gov.scot/datafiles/npf/clean_seas/2017/Clean_Seas_Indicator_2017.html and the links within. Regional assessments for selected contaminant groups and biological effects that are not used in the Clean Seas Indicator can also be found at the same location. The data archived here are the raw data for the timeseries in Scottish waters of selected metals, PAHs, PCBs, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, imposex (VDS), ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity and bile metabolites. The summary measures of trend and status from each timeseries that form the input to the regional assessments are also archived. Note that the Clean Seas Indicator originally included assessments from a fourth region, the Scottish Continental Shelf. However, it was difficult to get adequate spatial coverage in this region so it was dropped from the Indicator in 2018. At the same time, the 2017 Indicator was recalculated using just the Northern North Sea, Minches and Western Scotland, and Irish Sea (Clyde & Solway). |
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 | Bioassay and contaminant biological impact | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of other organic contaminants in biota | |
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 biota | |
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 | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in biota | |
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 | Metal concentrations in biota | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Metal concentrations in sediment | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Contaminants do not produce pollution effects | |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 62.35925 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 3.399998 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.89941 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -9.789 |
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 | Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) | |
Phone | +44 (0)300 244 4000 | |
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 | Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) | |
Phone | +44 (0)300 244 4000 | |
Delivery point | Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay | |
Postal code | EH6 6QQ | |
City | Edinburgh | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
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 | Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) | |
Phone | +44 (0)300 244 4000 | |
Delivery point | Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay | |
Postal code | EH6 6QQ | |
City | Edinburgh | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) | |
Phone | +44 (0)300 244 4000 | |
Delivery point | Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay | |
Postal code | EH6 6QQ | |
City | Edinburgh | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Marine Scotland | |
Phone | +44 (0)300 244 4000 | |
Delivery point | 1B South, Victoria Quay | |
Postal code | EH6 6QQ | |
City | Edinburgh | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) | |
Delivery point | Inverdee | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | British Oceanographic Data Centre | |
Phone | +44 (0) 782 512 0946 | |
Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
City | Liverpool | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Resource locators | ||
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://dx.doi.org/10.7489/12195-1 |
Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.7489/12195-1 |
Dataset constraints | ||
20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | ISO restriction code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | otherRestrictions |
20 Limitations on Public Access – Other constraints | Any restriction on the use of the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | no limitations to public access |
21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from the Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. |
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. | 2019-04-15 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2020-07-20 |
Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Metadata |
Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | Version 2.3.7 |
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