A Supporting Program for Capacity Building in the Black Sea Region towards Operational Status of Oceanographic Services - ASCABOS
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Project
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Functional Monitoring of the Black Sea Coastal Zone
Organisation
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Bulgarian Cartographic Service
Bulgarian National Oceanographic Data Centre(BGODC), Institute of Oceanology
Laboratory of Marine Ecology-Central Laboratory of General Ecology
Marine branch of Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute
National Institute for Marine Research and Development Grigore Antipa
National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Romanian National Meteorological Administration, Meteorological Regional Centre Dobrogea
Sinop University, Fisheries Faculty
Monitoring activity rationale
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Climate change
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Legislative drivers
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African-Eurasian Waterbirds Agreement
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act (UK)
Conservation of Seals Act (GB)
Controlled Activities Regulation (Scotland)
EC Bathing Waters Directive
EC Birds Directive
EC Dangerous Substances Directive
EC Environmental Impact Assessment Directive
EC Habitats Directive
EC Nitrate Directive
EC Shellfish Hygiene Directive
EC Shellfish Waters Directive
EC Strategic Environment Assessment Directive
EC Titanium Dioxide Directives
EC Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive
EC Water Framework Directive
EU Common Fisheries Policy
Food and Environment Protection Act (UK)
Inapplicable
London Convention
OSPAR Convention
Protection of Military Remains Act (UK)
Protection of Wrecks Act (UK)
Radioactive Substances Act (UK)
Ramsar Convention
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
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Water Order (NI)
Maximum frequency (at series) level
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hour to sub-day
day to sub-week
month to sub-year
Duration of monitoring
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>3 years
>5 years
>10 years
>20 years
Parameter groups
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Administration and dimensions
Amino acids
Anthropogenic contamination
Bacteria and viruses
Biota abundance and biomass
Biota composition
Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus
Carbonate system
Cryosphere
Currents
Dissolved gases
Hydrocarbons
Metal and metalloid concentrations
Meteorology
Nutrients
Optical properties
Other inorganic chemical measurements
Other organic chemical measurements
PCBs and organic micropollutants
Phytoplankton
Pigments
Rate measurements (including production, excretion and grazing)
Rock and sediment chemistry
Rock and sediment physical properties
Sea level
Sediment pore water chemistry
Water column temperature and salinity
Waves
Zooplankton
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Platform Type
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coastal structure
land/onshore structure
moored surface buoy
research vessel
self-propelled boat
self-propelled small boat
Programme continuity status
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operational
terminated
Instrument type
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anemometers
CTD profilers
current meters
discrete water samplers
dissolved gas sensors
expendable CTDs
meteorological packages
observers
pH sensors
precipitation samplers
sea level recorders
thermistor chains
transmissometers
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water temperature and salinity sensors
water temperature sensors
wave recorders
Spatial form
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curve
point
surface
Sea areas
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Black Sea
Country
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Bulgaria
Romania
Turkey
Ukraine
Additional search criteria relevant for Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
Descriptor
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D1 Biological diversity maintained
D2 Non-indigenous species do not adversly effect ecosystem
D4 Marine food webs are at normal abundace and diversity
D5 Eutrophication is minimised
D8 Contaminants do not produce pollution effects
Criteria
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C1_1 Species distribution
C1_2 Population size
C1_6 Habitat condition
C1_7 Ecosystem structure
C2_1 Abundance and state characterisation of non-indigenous species, in particular invasive species
C2_2 Environmental impact of invasive non-indigenous species
C4_3 Abundance/distribution of key trophic groups/species
C5_1 Nutrients levels
C5_2 Direct effects of nutrient enrichment
C5_3 Indirect effects of nutrient enrichment
C8_1 Concentration of contaminants
Indicator
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IN1_1_1 Distributional range
IN1_1_2 Distributional pattern within the range
IN1_2_1 Population abundance and/or biomass
IN1_6_3 Physical, hydrological and chemical conditions
IN1_7_1 Composition and relative proportions of ecosystem components
IN2_1_1 Trends in abundance, temporal occurrence and spatial distribution of non-indigenous species
IN2_2_1 Ratio between invasive non-indigenous species and native species
IN4_3_1 Abundance trends of functionally important selected groups/species
IN5_1_1 Nutrients concentration in the water column
IN5_1_2 Nutrient ratios
IN5_2_1 Chlorophyll concentration in the water column
IN5_2_2 Water transparency related to increase in suspended algae
IN5_3_2 Dissolved oxygen concentrations
IN8_1_1 Concentration of the contaminants