EDMED Details

General

Dataset Name

Hydrographic stations (nutrients) collected in Adriatic open waters during ASCOP project (1979-84, 1989)

Data Holding Centre

OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography

Time Period

from 1979 to 1984 (Phase 1), 1989 (Phase 2)

Start Date

1979-01-01

End Date

1989-12-31

Project

Adriatic Scientific COoperation Program

Geographic Area

Geocoverage

21 standard stations (4 transects) covering the region of international waters in the Northern Adriatic Sea and 21 standard stations (3 transects) in the Middle Adriatic Sea up to transect Pescara-Sibenik as part of the standard grid stations of the ASCOP Monitoring Program. One cruise was concerned also with the transect Gargano-Split (7 stations).

Geographic Box (south,north,west,east)

40, 13, 20, 44

Sea Area

Mediterranean Sea

Adriatic Sea

Observations

Parameters

Ammonium concentration parameters in the water column

Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column

Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column

Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column

Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column

Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column

Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column

Silicate concentration parameters in the water column

Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in the water column

Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column

Salinity of the water column

Temperature of the water column

Instruments

Description

Summary

The hydrochemical and biological properties of the Adriatic open sea waters were analyzed in the framework of the multidisciplinary monitoring program of the Adriatic Sea scheduled to determine the current state of the ecosystem and pollution in relation to its basic hydrological features and dynamics. The original data were controlled, analyzed and worked up by the originator who holds the principal quality control responsibility. Nevertheless before the dataset has been considered as part of the database it has been submitted to a pre-processing procedure and the preliminary data products were submitted to the group of experts charged with final data validation and reporting. The hydrographic stations were occupied during 5 seasonal cruises. Additional intercalibration cruise was carried out concurrently with different ships. 2 hydrographic surveys were concerned with the summer of 1983 and 1984; 2 the autumn of 1979 and 1989; 1 the spring of 1983. All cruises were concerned with the Northern Adriatic (4 transects) and 1 transect (Pescara-Sibenik) in the Middle Adriatic sea, whereas the spring and summer cruises of 1983 comprise also the whole Middle Adriatic (3 transects) and the transect Gargano-Split. The data are stored as depth series per station, per cruise and ship (institution). Approximately 90% of stations coverage is concurrently with the CTD stations. The data set comprises over 230 hydrographic stations where the samples have been collected at standard depths and on the bottom. The data are supplied by 3 Italian institutions: CNR, Istituto di Biologia del Mare, Venezia; CNR, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Pesca Marittima, Ancona; CNR, Istituto Sperimentale Talassografico, Trieste.

Originator

OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography

References

"Common Report of Activities carried out from 1980 to 1984 in the framework of the Italian-Yugoslav Program for the Protection of the Adriatic Sea. Printed by OGS, Trieste, December 1985. " 1985-06-01, unknown, unknown

" Proceedings of the ASCOP Symposium 'Oceanographic Condition and Pollution Level of the Northern and Middle Adriatic Sea', Trieste, June 9-10, 1986. Bollettino di Oceanologia teorica ed applicata, Numero speciale, 1989." 1989-06-01, unknown, unknown

" Italian Data Reports, Cruises ASCOP 2, 3 and 4 (6 volumes). Printed by OGS, Trieste, December 1985. " 1985-06-01, unknown, unknown

" Italian Data Reports, Cruise ASCOP 14 (2 volumes). Printed by OGS, Trieste, June 1991. " 1991-06-01, unknown, unknown

Availability

Availability

unrestricted

Organization

OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography

Contact

Mosetti R.

Address

OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography

Sgonico (Trieste)

34010

Italy

rmosetti@ogs.trieste.it

http://www.ogs.trieste.it/

Administration

Local identifier

1005

Creation Date

2014-10-02

Revision Date

2013-07-25