Thermaikos Gulf and Sporades Basin (NW Aegean Sea)

Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies; Mineralogical composition; Variable fluorescence parameters; Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Sediment grain size parameters; Dissolved metal concentrations in the water column; Particulate metal concentrations in the water column; Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Primary production in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Silicate concentration parameters in the water column; Temperature of the water column; Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column; Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column; Zooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column; Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column; Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column; Transmittance and attenuance of the water column

Current profilers; CTD; unconsolidated sediment corers

Data were collected over a grid of 150 stations during May 1997, July 1997, February 1998 and September 1998, within the framework of the EU funded project MetroMed. MetroMed is a multi disciplinary oceanographic project collecting physical, chemical, geological and biological information in the marine area of the NW Aegean Sea and the Gulf of Lions (France). Metro-Med studies the marine area as an integrated system with the surrounding land, since terrestrial input in fresh water, sediments, nutrients, pollutants (heavy metals, pesticides, sewerage, etc.) is of major importance. Major aim of MetroMed is to study the origin and fate of river-borne particles, their properties and distribution in the marine environment.

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography
46.7 km Athinon-Souniou Av. P.O.Box 712
Anavyssos

19013
Greece