Marine Environment Monitoring and Assessment National database - 1987 onwards

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).

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British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048MERMAN
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2016-06-22
Date (Revision)
2016-06-23
Citation identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED6536
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Food Standards Scotland

Unknown

inapplicable

 		Originator

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

Unknown

info@afbini.gov.uk

Originator

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory

Unknown

sarah.turner@cefas.co.uk

Originator

Marine Scotland Science

Unknown

inapplicable

 		Originator

Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Stirling Office

Unknown

inapplicable

 		Originator

Environment Agency Head Office

Unknown

enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

Originator

Natural Resources Wales

Unknown

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

Originator

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Unknown

daerahelpline@daera-ni.gov.uk.

Originator

British Oceanographic Data Centre

enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

Custodian
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

SeaDataNet PDV

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MEDIN metadata record availability

INSPIRE themes
Use limitation

Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
Language
English
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
1987-08-12
End date
2018-02-06 After
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
    Distributor contact
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    British Oceanographic Data Centre

    enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

    		Distributor
    OnLine resource
    Protocol Linkage Name
    http://www.ices.dk/data/data-portals/Pages/DOME.aspx

    DOME (Marine Environment)
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    Statement

    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.

    Metadata

    File identifier
    188ac025cf5d53efb0e109542ff05e5d XML
    Metadata language
    English
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    Date stamp
    2021-02-09T13:44:39
    Metadata standard name

    MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
    Metadata standard version

    Version 2.3.8
    Metadata author
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    British Oceanographic Data Centre

    James Ayliffe

    enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

    		Point of contact
     
     

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