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Monitoring hydrography, water quality & contaminants for the Belgian continental shelf area and Western Scheldt [Monitoring hydrografie, waterkwaliteit en contaminanten voor het Belgische continentaal plat en de Westerschelde]
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Description
The monitoring of the North Sea environment, especially in the area of the Belgian continental shelf and in the estuary of the Scheldt river (Western Scheldt) was initiated at MUMM in 1977. more
Since 1977 the pattern of about 25 sampling stations at sea and 7 in the estuary, each one being visited with a frequency of 6 to 10 times a year, and water being taken from a standard depth of - 3m almost didn't changed. Several laboratories from Belgian universities and State research institutes are currently participating in that monitoring effort. The monitoring results for contaminants in biota and sediment are mainly received from the Fisheries Department. A first quality control has been performed in order to mark or eliminate spurious data. Currently the database is being converted in a new integrated system with query facilities and an inventory on the web. Used instruments : SCTD probes, Beckman salinometer, Niskin bottles, box corers, grab samplers and beam trawl. Laboratory analytical equipment. Scope Themes: Biology, Biology > Plants, Bottom samples (e.g. core, dredge, grab), Coastal studies (e.g. shores, estuaries), Meteorology, Meteorology > Atmospheric composition, Physical, Physical > Hydrography (e.g. T,S), Water composition, Water composition > Nutrients Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Brackish water, Environmental monitoring Facilities, Heavy metals, Hydrography, Meteorology, Nutrients (mineral), Oceanographic geographical features, Pigments, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Belgium, Zeeschelde Geographical coverage ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions] ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde [Marine Regions] Belgium, Zeeschelde [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
From 1977 on [In Progress] Parameters
Ammonium (NH4+) Atmospheric humidity Cadmium (Cd) Copper (Cu) DDT (+DDD, DDE) Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) Hexachlorocyclohexane compounds (HCH) Lead (Pb) Mercury (Hg) Metals Nitrate (NO3-) + Nitrite (NO2-) Phosphate (PO43-) Salinity Secchi depth Silicate (SiO44-) Sum of 7 PCBs Temperature in water Total suspended matter Wind direction Wind speed Zinc (Zn) Contributors
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen & Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Chemie; Analytical, Environmental and Geochemistry (AMGC), more, data creator
Université Libre de Bruxelles; École Interfacultaire de Bioingénieurs; Laboratoire d'Écologie des Systèmes Aquatiques (ESA), more, data creator
Project
MONIT: Monitoring the Belgian Continental Shelf and the Scheldt estuary, more
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2006-10-02
Information last updated: 2017-04-20
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