Contaminants in Northern Ireland sea-lough sediments
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Queens University Belfast, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Science |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | 1996-2003 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Northern Ireland Sea-loughs |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Sediment grain size parameters; Carbon concentrations in sediment; Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks; Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment samples |
| Instruments | Unconsolidated sediment corers; atomic absorption spectrometers; gas chromatograph mass spectrometers; sediment grabs |
| Description | |
| Summary | This study took surficial sediment samples from a number of locations in each NI sea-lough to establish the concentration, distribution and sources of contaminants. |
| Originators | Queens University Belfast, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Science |
| References | Guinan, J., Charlesworth, M., Service, M. and Oliver, T. (2001) Sources and geochemical constraints of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments and mussels of two Northern Irish Sea-loughs., Marine Pollution Bulletin, 42(11): 1073-1081.; Charlesworth, M. and Service, M. (2000) An assessment of metal contamination in Northern Irish coastal sediments. Biology and the Environment:, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 100(1): 1-12. |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Queens University Belfast, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Science |
| Availability | Academic |
| Contact | Matt Service |
| Address | Queens University Belfast, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Science |
| Telephone | 02890 255502 |
| matt.service@dardni.gov.uk | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1105007 |
| Global identifier | 910 |
| Last revised | 2010-11-22 |
