Inner Sea West Scotland, N & Central North Sea; Irish Sea.

Trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in biota; Metal concentrations in biota

Atomic absorption spectrometers

Biota sampled from Scottish coastal waters and commercial landings for a range of projects. Information on sampling includes ICES square location, gear used, length, weight, sex, age (all where available) and species. Analytical data includes type of digest and instrument used. Recent data (1990's) includes reference material data. Total number of samples: 22000; Total number of data points; 45000

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