Document of dataset 2234

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
title in English
The Danish national database for marine data
Acronym
MADS
Description in English
Background The Belt project in 1974 to 1978 was the first monitoring programme for the marine environment in Denmark. The monitoring of the open waters became more permanent in 1979 when a monitoring programme was implemented according to the HELCOM convention. At the same time regional programs were initiated by the Danish counties. The monitoring of the marine environment was intensified with the implementation of the Monitoring programme under the Action Plan for the Aquatic Environment from 1989, which was later revised with effect from 1993. The national monitoring programme NOVA-2003 (in Danish) including ground water, streams, lakes and the sea started in 1998. The data in MADS comes from NERI's own cruises, the Danish counties and from other marine research institutes in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany. The geographical coverage of the database is the Danish fiords and coastal waters, the inner Danish waters, the western Baltic Sea, Skagerrak and the eastern North Sea. It is only the Danish data that is available on these pages. Data from Sweden, Norway and Germany migth be found at ICES. Use of data Data from the online MADS pages can be used freely. Please cite NERI as source when using the data in publications.
Abstract in English
Data of the monitoring programmes for the marine environment in Denmark. The dataset is no longer maintained (as per 1 July 2011 )
Rights
Unrestricted
Version
1

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
1976-01-01
End date
2011-01-01

Geographical coverage

Spatial
ANE, Baltic
ANE, Belt Sea
ANE, Kattegat
ANE, Skagerrak

Thesaurus terms

Keyword
Algae
Benthos
Chlorophyll
Long-term monitoring
Plankton
Zooplankton

Themes

theme
Biology > Benthos
Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Biology > Macroalgae
Biology > Pigments (e.g. chlorophyll)
Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton

Ownerships

contributor
National Environmental Research Institute

Dataset references

has part
MADS - chlorophyll
MADS - macroalgae on stone reefs
MADS - Marine benthic soft-sediment macrozoobenthos
MADS - Marine phytoplankton
MADS - Marine zooplankton

Projects

was generated by
NOVANA - National Monitoring and Assessment Programme for the Aquatic and Terrestrial Environment

Special collections

part of special collection
EMODNET
not available through EurOBIS

Document metadata

date created
2010-01-22
date modified
2014-01-28