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General

Dataset Name: Water quality monitoring on transects around Gargano Promontory, Italy, in Adriatic Sea (1992 onwards)
Data Holding Centre: CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (Sezione di Lesina)
Time Period: Every year, from 1992 onwards
Start Date: 1992-01-01
End Date: 1992-12-31
Project

Geocoverage: Marine ecosystem: 5 stations (5 transects: 3 stations for each transect) covering the area from Saccione river to Manfredonia Gulf (Gargano Promontory)
Geographic Box (south,north,west,east): 41, 15, 17, 42
Sea Area: Mediterranean Sea; Adriatic Sea

Parameters: Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column; Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column; Ammonium concentration parameters in the water column; Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in the water column; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Silicate concentration parameters in the water column; Temperature of the water column
Instruments: gas chromatographs; optical microscopes; spectrophotometers

Summary: UNEP (MED-POL PHASE II) - Apulia Region (Ministry of Merchant Navy). Delibera no. 6748, 27-11-90 - The oceanographic, chemical, biological and microbiological properties of the Southern Adriatic coastal sea-waters and Varano lagoon are analyzed in the framework of monitoring program, concerning the purpose to determine the current state of the polluted ecosystems in relation to the conservation of its biological resources. The original data are analyzed, controlled by Institute and handed in to Apulia Administration submitting it to the Ministry group, charged with final reporting. The sampling station are situated at 500, 1500 and 3000m from the coast near the pollutant sources: harbours, canals, rivers, coastal installation, etc. The surveys of coastal waters quality are concerned with the seasonal periods (summer, autumn, winter, and spring). The data concerning the whole Apulian coast are supplied by 4 Italian institutions: a) CNR Istituto per lo sfruttamento Biologico delle Lagune, Lesina (FG); b) Laboratorio Provinciale di Biologia Marina, Bari; c) Istituto di Chimica Organica, Universita, Bari; and d) Istituto Talassografico Sperimentale, Taranto.
Originator: CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (Sezione di Lesina)
References

Availability: by negotiation
Organization: CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (Sezione di Lesina)
Contact: unknown
Address: CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (Sezione di Lesina); Lesina (FG); 71010; Italy; isec@area.ba.cnr.it; http://www.area.ba.cnr.it/acquacoltura.htm