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Marine Environment Monitoring and Assessment National database - 1987 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 dataset starts in 1987 with greater use of the database occurring from 1997 onwards. 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
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2016-06-22
Date (Revision)
2016-06-23
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED6536
Originator
  Food Standards Scotland - Unknown ( Unknown )
4th floor , Pilgrim House , Aberdeen , AB11 5RL , United Kingdom
01224 285100
http://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/
Originator
  Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute - Unknown ( Unknown )
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 - Unknown ( Unknown )
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 - Unknown ( Unknown )
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 - Unknown ( Unknown )
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 - Unknown ( Unknown )
Rio House , Waterside Drive , Aztec West , Almondsbury , Bristol , BS32 4UD , United Kingdom
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Originator
  Natural Resources Wales - Unknown ( Unknown )
Tŷ Cambria , Cardiff , CF24 0TP , United Kingdom
+44 (0) 300 065 3000
+44 (0) 300 065 3001
http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
Originator
  Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Unknown ( Unknown )
Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road , Belfast , BT4 3SB , United Kingdom
+44(0) 300 200 7852
https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/
Custodian
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - 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
  • Industrial discharges
  • Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column
  • Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters
  • Biota lipid concentrations
  • Metal concentrations in biota
  • Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
  • Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Salinity of the water column
  • Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in biota
  • Concentration of adenlylates in the water column
  • Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
  • SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters
  • Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the water column
  • Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in sediment
  • Particulate total and organic phosphorus concentrations in the water column
  • Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment samples
  • Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance
  • Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
  • Secchi disk depth
  • Nitrogen concentrations in sediment
  • Shellfish reproduction
  • Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column
  • Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in sediment samples
  • Concentration of organic matter in sediments
  • Concentration of aliphatic hydrocarbons in sediment samples
  • Zoobenthos generic abundance
  • Fish disease and parasites
  • Carbon concentrations in sediment
  • Concentration of other hydrocarbons in the water column
  • River flow and discharge
  • Metadata parameters
  • Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in biota
  • Quality control flags
  • Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
  • Sediment grain size parameters
  • Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
  • Concentration of adenylates in sediment
Vertical Coverages
  • unknown
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
INSPIRE themes
  • Habitats and biotopes
  • Geology
  • Human health and safety
  • Species distribution
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Hydrography
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
  • Biota
  • Oceans
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
1987-08-12
End date
2018-02-06 After
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
OnLine resource
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
188ac025cf5d53efb0e109542ff05e5d XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2021-02-09T13:44:39
Metadata standard name
MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
Metadata standard version
Version 2.3.8
Point of contact
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - 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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