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MONIT_SEAWATER: Monitoring water quality of the Belgian Continental Shelf and the Scheldt estuary
Contact: Beheerseenheid Mathematisch Model Noordzee en Schelde-estuarium (IRScNB/KBIN-BMM), more

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Description
Monitoring and evaluation of the quality of the marine environment of the Belgian Continental Shelf and the Scheldt estuary. more

Nutrients, salinity, temperature, suspended matter, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll-a, phaeopigment, TOC, POC, DON and optical parameters are measured in the water column.

Scope
Themes:
Environmental quality/pollution, Physical > Hydrography (e.g. T,S), Water composition > Bulk chemistry (e.g. pH, TCO2), Water composition > Dissolved gases, Water composition > Nutrients, Water composition > Suspended matter - turbidity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Brackish water, Water quality, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, Scheldt Estuary

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
ANE, Scheldt Estuary [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 1982 on [In Progress]

Parameters
Acenaphthene
Acenaphthylene
Ammonium (NH4+)
Anthracene
Benzo(a)anthracene
Benzo(a)pyrene
Benzo(b)fluoranthene
Benzo(e)pyrene
Benzo(ghi)perylene
Benzo(k)fluoranthene
Chlorophyll a
Chlorophyll b
Chromium (Cr)
Density
Dibenz(a,h)anthracene
Dibutyltin
Diphenyltin
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC)
Dissolved oxygen (O2)
Fluoranthene
Fluorene
Indeno(123cd)pyrene
Monobutyltin
Monophenyltin
Naphthalene
Nitrate (NO3-)
Nitrate (NO3-) + Nitrite (NO2-)
Nitrite (NO2-)
Oxygen (O) saturation
Particulate nitrogen (N)
Particulate organic carbon (POC)
Perylene
pH
Phaeophytin a
Phaeophytin b
Phenanthrene
Phosphate (PO43-)
Pyrene
Salinity
Secchi depth
Silicate (SiO44-)
Temperature
Total nitrogen (N)
Total organic carbon (TOC)
Total phosphorus (P)
Tributyltin (TBT)
Triphenyltin
Turbidity

Contributors
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Departement Beheer van het Mariene Ecosysteem; Beheerseenheid Mathematisch Model Noordzee en Schelde-estuarium; Belgisch Marien Data Centrum (BMDC), moredata manager
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu; Beheerseenheid Mathematisch Model Noordzee en Schelde-estuarium (BMM), moredata owner

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
Monitoring hydrography, water quality & contaminants for the Belgian continental shelf area and Western Scheldt, more
(Partly) included in:
Marine phytoplankton community composition data from the Belgian part of the North Sea, 1968-2010, more
Other relations:
MONIT_BIOTA: Monitoring of metals and organic compounds in biota in the Belgian part of the North Sea and the Scheldt estuary, more
MONIT_SED: Monitoring of metals and organic compounds in sediments in the Belgian part of the North Sea and the Scheldt estuary, more
MONIT_RAD: Radiological monitoring of the Belgian Continental Shelf, more

Project
MONIT: Monitoring the Belgian Continental Shelf and the Scheldt estuary, more

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-10-05
Information last updated: 2018-06-18
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