Sampling Pollution in Mussel Campaign ESMAROS_2021 North (EEMM)
Description
The information contained in this dataset relates to the ESMAROS 2021 campaign. This is the representation of the spatial distribution of the mussel sampling points that were carried out during the months of October and November 2021 for the determination of heavy metals, organochlorine compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polybrominated biphenyl ethers for time distribution studies. Part of these samples will also be used for the quantification of microplastics.
The area covered by the data provided covers the North Atlantic Marine Demarcation of Member States, namely from Santa María de Oia (Pontevedra) to Hondarribia (Basque Country).
It is a data set composed of point elements, where each element represents the sampling point of the mussel.
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 mussel contamination in the North Atlantic demarcation began in the 1990s.
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
- muestreo
- estrategias-marinas
- esmaros
- sampling
- msfd
- marine-strategy-framework-directive
- mussel
- directive-2008-56-ec
- contaminant
- mejillón-de-roca
- contaminantes