Monitoring environment quality around the Canary Islands (1983-85)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Country | Spain  |
| Time period | From 1983 to 1985 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Waters of the eastern Canary Islands |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Sediment resuspension; Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; 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; Secchi disk depth; Temperature of the water column; Metal concentrations in biota; Zooplankton wet weight biomass |
| Instruments | Salinity sensor; autoanalysers; atomic absorption spectrometers; spectrophotometers |
| Description | |
| Summary | Includes information obtained in the course of different cruises carried out in the waters surrounding the islands of Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria, with the purpose of establishing the quality of the waters in that area. |
| Originators | IEO-CSIC, Oceanographic Centre of Canary Island |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Availability | Unrestricted |
| Contact | Alvaro Fernandez (Director) |
| Address | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Telephone | +34 91 5974443 |
| Facsimile | +34 915 974770 |
| director@md.ieo.es | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Local identifier | 8036089 |
| Global identifier | 2738 |
| Last revised | 2009-01-12 |
