Water quality and primary production data for Tagus estuary, Portugal (1982-83)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | National Project for the Integrated Management of Water Resources of the Tagus Catchment |
| Country | Portugal  |
| Time period | From March 1982 to April 1983 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Section Alcochete-Sacavem to Salvaterra de Magos in the Tejo (Tagus) Estuary (western Portugal) |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Oxygen production and respiration 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; Primary production in the water column; Silicate concentration parameters in the water column; Dissolved inorganic nitrogen concentration in the water column; Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column; Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column |
| Instruments | Fluorometers; discrete water samplers; spectrophotometers; nutrient analysers; dissolved gas sensors |
| Description | |
| Summary | Data were collected from nine sampling stations in the estuary, in order to support a more detailed study of the variability of pigments in the upper zone of the estuary. |
| Originators | National Project for the Integrated Management of Water Resources of the Tagus Catchment |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | National Project for the Integrated Management of Water Resources of the Tagus Catchment |
| Availability | By negotiation |
| Contact | Project Director - Eng. Margarida Cardoso da Silva |
| Address | National Project for the Integrated Management of Water Resources of the Tagus Catchment |
| Telephone | +351 1 543544 |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Hydrographic Institute |
| Local identifier | 15029008 |
| Global identifier | 2261 |
| Last revised | 2009-10-30 |
