Details of Chemical contamination in Mytilus galloprovincialis with metals, PAHs, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides

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Title of datasetChemical contamination in Mytilus galloprovincialis with metals, PAHs, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides
Narrative summary of datasetThe MYTIAD project focused on the assessment of chemical contamination (metals, PAHs, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides) in the Adriatic coastal waters by active mussel watching. Its purpose was harmonising and standardising strategies and methodologies used to assess the contamination status of the Adriatic Sea, in the framework of the WFD, the MSFD and UNEP/MAP Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme. Data on metals pointed out some hotspots along the eastern and western Adriatic Sea coasts, with the highest values of total PAH concentration detected in Split, Trieste, and Taranto (Ionian Sea). PCB and endrin contamination was higher in the Adriatic Sea than in the western Mediterranean Sea. This is the first comprehensive overview of contamination in the Adriatic Sea with critical comparisons of related studies over the Mediterranean Sea. It provides a useful harmonised dataset to support a coordinated definition of baselines, targets and thresholds, and further management of chemical contamination. Important Note: This submission has been initially submitted to SEA scieNtific Open data Edition (SEANOE) publication service and received the recorded DOI. The metadata elements have been further processed (refined) in EMODnet Ingestion Service in order to conform with the Data Submission Service specifications.
Summary of processing methodologyThe MYTIAD project focused on the assessment of chemical contamination (metals, PAHs, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides) in the Adriatic coastal waters by active mussel watching. Its purpose was harmonising and standardising strategies and methodologies used to assess the contamination status of the Adriatic Sea, in the framework of the WFD, the MSFD and UNEP/MAP Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme. Data on metals pointed out some hotspots along the eastern and western Adriatic Sea coasts, with the highest values of total PAH concentration detected in Split, Trieste, and Taranto (Ionian Sea). PCB and endrin contamination was higher in the Adriatic Sea than in the western Mediterranean Sea. This is the first comprehensive overview of contamination in the Adriatic Sea with critical comparisons of related studies over the Mediterranean Sea. It provides a useful harmonised dataset to support a coordinated definition of baselines, targets and thresholds, and further management of chemical contamination.
Supporting documentationhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X19300967?via%3Dihub
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  • 486_8060050
  • Start date2008-05-01
    End date2008-05-31

    Responsible organisations

    CountryFrance
    Organisation nameIfremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
    Role of organisationDataset Holding Organisation
    CountryFrance
    Organisation nameSEA scieNtific Open data Edition
    Role of organisationPublisher
    How to citeBajt Oliver, Ramšak Andreja, Milun Vesna, Andral Bruno, Romanelli Giulia, Scarpato Alfonso, Mitric Milena, Kupusovic Tarik, Kljajic Zoran, Angelidis Michael, ?ullaj Algi, Galgani Francois (2021). Chemical contamination in Mytilus galloprovincialis with metals, PAHs, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/79305 In addition to properly cite this dataset, it would be appreciated that the following work(s) be cited too, when using this dataset in a publication : Bajt Oliver, Ramšak Andreja, Milun Vesna, Andral Bruno, Romanelli Giulia, Scarpato Alfonso, Mitric Milena, Kupusovic Tarik, Kljajic Zoran, Angelidis Michael, ?ullaj Algi, Galgani Francois (2019). Assessing chemical contamination in the coastal waters of the Adriatic Sea using active mussel biomonitoring with Mytilus galloprovincialis. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 141, 283-298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.02.007

    Dataset availability

    Original dataset download linkhttps://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/MGfgB9zSOvg0384
    Dataset formatDocuments
    Public accessNo limitations
    License for useCC-BY 4.0
    TypeDataset
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.17882/79305

    Locations

    Map
    Latitude north boundary46.448084
    Longitude east boundary20.873009
    Latitude south boundary38.93183
    Longitude west boundary11.417223
    Sea areaMediterranean Region
    Mediterranean Sea
    Atlantic Ocean
    European mainland

    Data types, collection and processing

    Observation typeBiota composition
    PCBs and organic micropollutants
    Pollution
    ParameterMetal concentrations in biota
    Concentration of other organic contaminants in biota
    Instrument typemass spectrometers
    Platform typeresearch vessel
    Platform nameL'Europe
    Data quality processing informationQuality controlled data

    Process information

    Submitting organisationNational Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station
    Submission identifier (UUID)a53ad03f-3739-7393-3933-000000079305
    Date of dataset creation2021-02-01
    Date of dataset revision2021-03-02
    Date of metadata creation2021-3-3
    Date of metadata latest revision2021-10-14
    Date of publishing2021-11-01
    Processing data centreIfremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
    Summary record-ID959