Heavy metals and Arsenic content in commercial marine species of the Western Africa waters, including Canaries and Guinea Gulf
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Institute of Oceanography |
| Country | Spain  |
| Time period | 2003 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Western Africa Fishing Grounds, including Canaries and Guinea Gulf |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in biota |
| Instruments | Atomic absorption spectrometers |
| Description | |
| Summary | The data set contains the levels of Cadmium, Mercury, Lead and Arsenic in different marine organism captured by the Spanish fishing fleet in the fishing grounds of Western Africa, includes data of species from Namibia, Angola, Morrocco, Mauritany, Guinea, Senegal, Canary Islands and Guinea Gulf. |
| Originators | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Institute of Oceanography |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Institute of Oceanography |
| Availability | By negotiation |
| Contact | Alvaro Fernandez (Director) |
| Address | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Institute of Oceanography |
| Telephone | +34 91 5974443 |
| Facsimile | +34 915 974770 |
| director@md.ieo.es | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | IEO-CSIC, Spanish Institute of Oceanography |
| Local identifier | 8036215 |
| Global identifier | 2862 |
| Last revised | 2009-01-08 |
