STATIONS_SEDIMENTS_ARSA1119
Description
The information contained in this dataset refers to the ARSA 1119 campaign. As part of this campaign, sediment samples were collected between 29 October and 3 November 2019. Samples were collected to determine the temporal and spatial distribution of organic, inorganic and microplastic compounds. The sediment will also be used to study the possible biological effects of pollutants.
The area covered by the data provided covers the MSS Marine Demarcation, namely from the border with Portugal to Tarifa.
It is a data set composed of point elements, where each element represents the sampling point of the sediment.
Each object is associated with a series of alphanumeric variables such as the name of the sampling point, the name of the campaign, the date and georeferencing, according to the GIS protocol of the Spanish Marine Strategies project (ESMARES).
The time series of samplings for the study of pollution in the Gulf of Cadiz began in the early 2000s. The sediments collected in this campaign will serve, for the first time, to study the presence of microplastics.
The geographical information collected is stored in a spatial database.
This work has been financed thanks to the project ‘Technical Scientific Advice for the Protection of the Marine Environment: Evaluation and Monitoring of Marine Strategies, Monitoring of Protected Marine Areas of State Competence (2018-2024)’. Marine Strategies are the marine environmental planning instrument created under Directive 2008/56/EC (as amended by Directive 2017/845) establishing a framework for Community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive), and have as their main objective the achievement of the Good Environmental Status (GES) of our seas. The 11 Good Environmental Status descriptors form the basis for the description and determination of good environmental status of the marine environment. They are established by the Directive in its Annex I. The marine assessment areas are located within the Marine Reporting Units (MRUs) defined in the framework of the Marine Strategies of Spain.
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Tags
- microplásticos
- muestreo
- estrategias-marinas
- sedimentos
- demarcación-sudatlántica
- efectos-biológicos
- arsa
- microplastics
- msfd
- marine-strategy-framework-directive
- directive-2008-56-ec
- contaminant
- box-corer
- sediments
- contaminantes
- biological-effects