This data collection activity covers baseline, geographical and temporal trend monitoring of heavy metals and chlorinated hydrocarbons in water from the marine chemistry monitoring programme. Data for water chemistry covers marine areas around Ireland and between Ireland and Canada in the North Atlantic Ocean. Water sample stations have been collected since 1991 mostly from water bottles attached to a CTD rosette and discrete water samplers. Contaminants in water monitoring has been undertaken by the Marine Chemistry team of the Marine Environment and Food Safety Services (MEFSS) section of the Marine Institute. Data 100% complete for surveys since 1991.
Tags
atlantic ocean
celtic sea
chemistry
chlorobiphenyls
cyclodienes
dangerous substances
dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (ddts)
dissolved inorganic carbon
environment
environmental monitoring facilities
environmental science
estuary
geoscientificinformation
hazardous substances
herbicides
hexachlorocyclohexanes
hydrosphere
irish sea and saint georges channel
major inorganic constituents
major organic constituents
marine environment
metals and metalloids
monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
north atlantic ocean
north-east atlantic ocean
nutrients
oceans
organic esters
organochlorines (general)
persistent organic pollutants
pesticides
physical measurements
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs)
science
water (substance)
water sample