Monitoring contaminants in the water, biota, and sediments of the Gulf of Cadiz (SW Spain)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute |
| Country | Spain  |
| Time period | From 1986 to 1990 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Gulf of Cadiz (SW Spain) |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Silicate concentration parameters in the water column; Metal concentrations in biota |
| Instruments | Autoanalysers; atomic absorption spectrometers |
| Description | |
| Summary | The collection contains information collected from 1986 and 1990 in the waters of the Gulf of Cadiz, in order to establish the level of pollution in the area. This information consists mainly of physical and chemical parameters, plankton, benthos and concentration of trace metals in biota and different fractions of sediment. The quality control of the analytic data included internal checks, spiked recoveries and reference material. |
| 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 | 8036092 |
| Global identifier | 2741 |
| Last revised | 2009-01-12 |
