Sampling Monitoring of Eutrophication ESMARES 0122

Description

The information contained in this dataset corresponds to the sampling points of the ESMARES0122 oceanographic campaign carried out from 30 January to 11 February 2022 on the Iberian Mediterranean coast. The campaign was carried out within the framework of the project of the Marine Strategies of Spain (EEMM, Action ESMARES2-C4A2). The objective of the campaign is to continue the eutrophication monitoring programme on the Mediterranean coast in accordance with the MEDPOL eutrophication monitoring strategy launched in 2010, as well as to collect data to assess the environmental quality of the marine environment in accordance with the obligations arising from the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (Directive 2008/56/EC) and its transposition into Spanish law (Law 41/2010 of 29 December 2010 on the protection of the marine environment; BOE No 317, 30 December 2010). This is the representation of the spatial distribution of physicochemical variables (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and fluorescence) from CTD profiles, as well as discrete samples collected at different depths for analysis of biogeochemical variables (dissolved inorganic nutrients, total chlorophyll, chlorophyll > 20 microns and CNH) and of the planktonic community from picoplankton to the largest phytoplankton. The area covered by the data provided covers the Estrecho-Alborán (DM-ESAL) and Levantino Balear (DM-LEVA) districts, from Algeciras to Barcelona. It is a data set composed of point elements, where each element represents one of the sampling stations carried out in the oceanographic campaign. Each object is associated with a series of alphanumeric variables corresponding to each of the analyzed variables. 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 defined in the framework of the Marine Strategies of Spain, these Marine Reporting Units being the units used for notification to the European Commission (MRU).

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Tags

  • muestreo
  • estrategias-marinas
  • eutrofización
  • msfd
  • directive-2008-56-ec
  • demarcación-marina
  • marine-reporting-unit

Topics

  • ENVI
  • TECH

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