Aegean and Ionian Seas, Greece, Mediterranean

Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column; Macroalgae generic abundance in water bodies; Dissolved inorganic nitrogen concentration in the water column; Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance; Salinity of the water column; Temperature of the water column; Particulate total and organic phosphorus concentrations in the water column; Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies; Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Phytoplankton generic biomass in water bodies; Dissolved total or organic phosphorus concentration in the water column

Sediment grabs; CTD; discrete water samplers

Data from 50 surveillance coastal stations visited during one year of the River Basin Districts and from 30 operational coastal stations visited yearly. Seasonal frequencies 1-4 times a year for physicochemical parameters, 2 for phytoplankton, once a year for benthic macroinvertebrates and macroalgae. The project is the implementation of the WFD 2000/60 EC Directive in coastal waters of Greece.

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography
46.7 km Athinon-Souniou Av. P.O.Box 712
Anavyssos

19013
Greece