Marine Environment Monitoring and Assessment National database (MERMAN) Contaminants, nutrients, biological and eutrophication effects in water - 1999 onwards
The Marine Environment Monitoring and Assessment National database (MERMAN) is a national database which holds and provides access to data collected under the Clean Safe Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme (CSEMP) formerly the National Marine Monitoring Programme (NMMP). The data collected are the responsibility of the Competent Monitoring Authorities (CMAs) who collect the samples from stations in UK waters using water sampling techniques, trawls, nets or grabs. The CMAs then send the collected samples to accredited laboratories where they are analysed. A weighting is calculated, based on the quality of the analysis. The weighting score incorporates the laboratory accreditation, reference material, inter-laboratory comparisons, detection limits, uncertainties and standard deviations. Where data do not meet a threshold score they are given a status of ‘FAIL’ and although they are stored they are not made available to external users. The MERMAN contaminants, nutrients, biological and eutrophication effects in water data start in 1999. Data are submitted by the CMAs annually and an annual submission may include updates to legacy data to provide additional data or improve data/metadata. The data held in MERMAN fulfils the UK's mandatory monitoring requirements under the Oslo and Paris Convention (OSPAR) Joint Assessments and Monitoring Programme (JAMP). These data are used in support of European Commission (EC) directives and national assessments, such as Charting Progress 2 and are also supplied to the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODNET).
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- Alternate title
- British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048MERMAN_CW
- Date (Publication)
- 2017-10-03
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-06-22
- Date (Revision)
- 2016-06-23
- Identifier
- http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED6540
Originator
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
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Unknown
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Unknown
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+44 (0)28 90 255035
http://www.afbini.gov.uk/
AFBI Headquarters
,
Newforge Lane
,
Belfast
,
BT9 5PX
,
United Kingdom
+44 (0)28 90 255689
+44 (0)28 90 255035
http://www.afbini.gov.uk/
Originator
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory
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Unknown
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Unknown
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+44 (0)1502 513865
http://www.cefas.co.uk/
Pakefield Road
,
Lowestoft
,
Suffolk
,
NR33 OHT
,
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1502 562244
+44 (0)1502 513865
http://www.cefas.co.uk/
Originator
Marine Scotland Science
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Unknown
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Unknown
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+44 (0)1224 295511
Marine Laboratory, PO Box 101
,
Aberdeen
,
Aberdeenshire
,
AB11 9DB
,
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1224 876544
+44 (0)1224 295511
Originator
Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Stirling Office
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Unknown
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Unknown
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+44 (0)1786 446885
http://www.sepa.org.uk
Strathallan House
,
Stirling
,
FK9 4TZ
,
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1786 452595
+44 (0)1786 446885
http://www.sepa.org.uk
Originator
Environment Agency Head Office
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Unknown
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Unknown
)
Rio House
,
Waterside Drive
,
Aztec West
,
Almondsbury
,
Bristol
,
BS32 4UD
,
United Kingdom
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Originator
Natural Resources Wales
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Unknown
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Unknown
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+44 (0) 300 065 3001
http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
Tŷ Cambria
,
Cardiff
,
CF24 0TP
,
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 300 065 3000
+44 (0) 300 065 3001
http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
Custodian
British Oceanographic Data Centre
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Director
Joseph Proudman Building
,
6 Brownlow Street
,
Liverpool
,
Merseyside
,
L3 5DA
,
United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded As needed
- SeaDataNet PDV
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- Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
- Metadata parameters
- Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column
- Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
- Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
- Secchi disk depth
- Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
- Salinity of the water column
- Temperature of the water column
- Quality control flags
- Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
- Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column
- Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
- Particulate total and organic phosphorus concentrations in the water column
- Vertical Coverages
- MEDIN metadata record availability
- INSPIRE themes
- Use limitation
- Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Oceans
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- Begin date
- 1999-07-18
- End date
- 2018-02-06 After
- Reference system identifier
- OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
- Distribution format
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Distributor
British Oceanographic Data Centre
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Director
Joseph Proudman Building
,
6 Brownlow Street
,
Liverpool
,
Merseyside
,
L3 5DA
,
United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
- OnLine resource
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DOME (Marine Environment)
Data portal used by OSPAR, HELCOM, AMAP and Expert Groups in the management of chemical and biological data for regional marine assessments
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Statement
- The Competent Monitoring Authorities send the collected samples to accredited laboratories where they are analysed. A weighting is calculated, based on the quality of the analysis. The weighting score incorporates the laboratory accreditation, reference material, inter-laboratory comparisons, detection limits, uncertainties and standard deviations.The MERMAN Management Team facilitate and coordinate the data submissions. This achieved by liaising with the CMAs, providing advice and managing the database through database enhancements and the implementation of database rules.Once submissions are complete the MERMAN Management Team curate and check the data submissions investigating any noticeable errors. This is done by using visual tools from various local software and running the data through ICES checking software. Any errors to the data are then ranked by status, the CMAs are informed and the most critical errors are corrected and resubmitted.
- File identifier
- 631408f8e58e5c96b86bfaa21206950c XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2018-02-06T15:16:39
- Metadata standard name
- MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
- Metadata standard version
- Version 2.3.8
Point of contact
British Oceanographic Data Centre
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James Ayliffe
(
MERMAN Data Scientist
)
Joseph Proudman Building
,
6 Brownlow Street
,
Liverpool
,
Merseyside
,
L3 5DA
,
United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
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