Monitoring Program for Lebanese Coastal Water
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | National Center for Marines Sciences |
| Country | Lebanon  |
| Project | Monitoring of marine water quality along the Lebanese coast |
| Time period | 1980-onwards |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Lebanese coast |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Bacteria in biota; Electrical conductivity of the water column; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Temperature of the water column; Skin temperature of the water column; Metal concentrations in biota; Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks |
| Instruments | Water temperature sensor; salinity sensor; pH sensors; sieves and filters; gas chromatographs; balances and scales; accelerator mass spectrometers; spectrophotometers |
| Description | |
| Summary | Purpose of collection: Water quality control. 21 sampling stations along the Lebanese coast. Sampling is done monthly Instrumentation and methods of sampling: UNEP/MAP Data is arranged as time series, depth series per station. |
| Originators | National Center for Marines Sciences |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | National Center for Marines Sciences |
| Availability | Organisation |
| Contact | Dr. Nijad Kabbara (Database manager) |
| Address | National Center for Marines Sciences |
| Telephone | +961 9 918 570 |
| Facsimile | +96 19 93 47 63 |
| nkabbara@cnrs.edu.lb | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | National Center for Marines Sciences |
| Local identifier | 51001005 |
| Global identifier | 1933 |
| Last revised | 2010-11-22 |
