Trace Metals in the Forth
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Stirling Office |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Project | National Marine Monitoring Program(NMMP) |
| Time period | 1986-1996 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Forth Estuary |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in biota; Quantity of material dumped; Dissolved trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in water bodies; Particulate trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in water bodies; Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks |
| Instruments | Discrete water samplers; manual biota samplers; elemental analysers; gas chromatograph mass spectrometers; sediment grabs |
| Description | |
| Summary | Data collected for EC Dangerous Substances Directive and contribution to NMMP. Trace metals measured in water sediment and biota and discharges to the extuary to determine inputs. |
| Originators | Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Stirling Office |
| Data web site | http://www.sepa.org.uk/data/index.htm |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Stirling Office |
| Availability | Unrestricted |
| Contact | Enquiries Officer |
| Address | Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Stirling Office |
| Telephone | 01786 457700 |
| info@sepa.org.uk | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1098015 |
| Global identifier | 896 |
| Last revised | 2010-11-22 |
