188ac025cf5d53efb0e109542ff05e5d English dataset James Ayliffe British Oceanographic Data Centre MERMAN Data Scientist Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ pointOfContact 2021-02-09T13:44:39 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard Version 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP Marine Environment Monitoring and Assessment National database - 1987 onwards British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048MERMAN 2017-10-03 publication 2016-06-22 creation 2016-06-23 revision EDMED6536 http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ The Marine Environment Monitoring and Assessment National database (MERMAN) is a national database which holds and provides access to data collected under the Clean Safe Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme (CSEMP) formerly the National Marine Monitoring Programme (NMMP). The data collected are the responsibility of the Competent Monitoring Authorities (CMAs) who collect the samples from stations in UK waters using water sampling techniques, trawls, nets or grabs. The CMAs then send the collected samples to accredited laboratories where they are analysed. A weighting is calculated, based on the quality of the analysis. The weighting score incorporates the laboratory accreditation, reference material, inter-laboratory comparisons, detection limits, uncertainties and standard deviations. Where data do not meet a threshold score they are given a status of ‘FAIL’ and although they are stored they are not made available to external users. The MERMAN dataset starts in 1987 with greater use of the database occurring from 1997 onwards. Data are submitted by the CMAs annually and an annual submission may include updates to legacy data to provide additional data or improve data/metadata. The data held in MERMAN fulfils the UK's mandatory monitoring requirements under the Oslo and Paris Convention (OSPAR) Joint Assessments and Monitoring Programme (JAMP). These data are used in support of European Commission (EC) directives and national assessments, such as Charting Progress 2 and are also supplied to the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODNET). Unknown Food Standards Scotland Unknown 01224 285100 4th floor Pilgrim House Aberdeen AB11 5RL United Kingdom inapplicable http://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/ originator Unknown Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Unknown +44 (0)28 90 255689 +44 (0)28 90 255035 AFBI Headquarters Newforge Lane Belfast BT9 5PX United Kingdom info@afbini.gov.uk http://www.afbini.gov.uk/ originator Unknown Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory Unknown +44 (0)1502 562244 +44 (0)1502 513865 Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 OHT United Kingdom sarah.turner@cefas.co.uk http://www.cefas.co.uk/ originator Unknown Marine Scotland Science Unknown +44 (0)1224 876544 +44 (0)1224 295511 Marine Laboratory, PO Box 101 Aberdeen Aberdeenshire AB11 9DB United Kingdom inapplicable originator Unknown Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Stirling Office Unknown +44 (0)1786 452595 +44 (0)1786 446885 Strathallan House Stirling FK9 4TZ United Kingdom inapplicable http://www.sepa.org.uk originator Unknown Environment Agency Head Office Unknown Rio House Waterside Drive Aztec West Almondsbury Bristol BS32 4UD United Kingdom enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk originator Unknown Natural Resources Wales Unknown +44 (0) 300 065 3000 +44 (0) 300 065 3001 Tŷ Cambria Cardiff CF24 0TP United Kingdom enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk originator Unknown Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Unknown +44(0) 300 200 7852 Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road Belfast BT4 3SB United Kingdom daerahelpline@daera-ni.gov.uk. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/ originator British Oceanographic Data Centre Director Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ custodian asNeeded Industrial discharges Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters Biota lipid concentrations Metal concentrations in biota Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies Temperature of the water column Salinity of the water column Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in biota Concentration of adenlylates in the water column Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in sediment Particulate total and organic phosphorus concentrations in the water column Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment samples Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Secchi disk depth Nitrogen concentrations in sediment Shellfish reproduction Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in sediment samples Concentration of organic matter in sediments Concentration of aliphatic hydrocarbons in sediment samples Zoobenthos generic abundance Fish disease and parasites Carbon concentrations in sediment Concentration of other hydrocarbons in the water column River flow and discharge Metadata parameters Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in biota Quality control flags Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Sediment grain size parameters Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Concentration of adenylates in sediment SeaDataNet PDV 2018-01-12 revision unknown Vertical Coverages 2013-02-06 revision Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 revision Habitats and biotopes Geology Human health and safety Species distribution Oceanographic geographical features Hydrography INSPIRE themes 2009-07-31 revision Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence otherRestrictions Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence English biota oceans environment geoscientificInformation -11.28 4.9145 48.0453 62.00 1987-08-12 2018-02-06 British Oceanographic Data Centre Director Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ distributor http://www.ices.dk/data/data-portals/Pages/DOME.aspx DOME (Marine Environment) Data portal used by OSPAR, HELCOM, AMAP and Expert Groups in the management of chemical and biological data for regional marine assessments order dataset The Competent Monitoring Authorities send the collected samples to accredited laboratories where they are analysed. A weighting is calculated, based on the quality of the analysis. The weighting score incorporates the laboratory accreditation, reference material, inter-laboratory comparisons, detection limits, uncertainties and standard deviations.The MERMAN Management Team facilitate and coordinate the data submissions. This achieved by liaising with the CMAs, providing advice and managing the database through database enhancements and the implementation of database rules.Once submissions are complete the MERMAN Management Team curate and check the data submissions investigating any noticeable errors. This is done by using visual tools from various local software and running the data through ICES checking software. Any errors to the data are then ranked by status, the CMAs are informed and the most critical errors are corrected and resubmitted.