Estuarine monitoring of sediment chemistry and benthic ecology around the estuaries and sea loughs of Northern Ireland
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Water Management Unit |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Project | National Marine Monitoring Program(NMMP) |
| Time period | From 1992 onwards |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Estuaries and sea loughs around Northern Ireland |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Fish taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed; Fish taxonomy-related counts; Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed; Sediment grain size parameters; Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment samples; Concentration of other organic contaminants in sediment samples; Bacteria taxonomic abundance in sediment; Nitrogen concentrations in sediment; Carbon concentrations in sediment; Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks |
| Instruments | Pelagic trawl nets; sediment grabs; elemental analysers; gas chromatographs; atomic absorption spectrometers; nutrient analysers; in-situ particle sizers |
| Description | |
| Summary | Under the estuarine and coast waters monitoring programme (ECWMP) 29 sites are sampled on an annual basis for determinands such as heavy metals, trace organics, faecal bacteria and benthic invertebrates. Results from this monitoring programme are input to the National Monitoring Plan (NMP) data set of coastal water monitoring data for all the waters around the United Kingdom. |
| Originators | Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Water Management Unit |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Water Management Unit |
| Availability | Unrestricted |
| Contact | Freedom of Information Officer |
| Address | Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Water Management Unit |
| Telephone | 02890 546677 |
| ehs-foi@doeni.gov.uk | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1073001 |
| Global identifier | 802 |
| Last revised | 2010-11-22 |
