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Clean and Safe Seas Evidence Group
Healthy and Biologically Diverse Evidence Group
Marine Environmental Change Network
Ocean Processes Evidence Group
Oceans 2025 Theme 10
Productive Seas Evidence Group
Scottish Marine Monitoring Programmes
Western Shelf Observatory
Organisation
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Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences
British Antarctic Survey
British Geological Survey, Edinburgh
British Trust for Ornithology
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Weymouth Laboratory
Channel Coastal Observatory
Countryside Council for Wales
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Transport
English Heritage
Environment Agency, Bristol Head Office
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
Historic Scotland
IFREMER / STATION PORT EN BESSIN
Isle of Man Government Laboratory
Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Aberdeen Office
Marine and Fisheries Agency
Marine Biological Association of the UK
Marine Conservation Society
Marine Conservation Society
Marine Fish Information Services
Marine Institute
Marine Scotland Science
Napier University School of Life Sciences
National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Natural England
Natural Environment Research Council
Non-native Species Secretariat
Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Natural Heritage HQ
Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Water Management Unit
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Scottish Association for Marine Science
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Scottish Natural Heritage, Headquaters
Sea Mammal Research Unit
Sea Watch Foundation
Shell UK Exploration and Production Limited
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency
The Met Office, Oceanography
University Marine Biological Station, Millport
University of Liverpool, Oceanographic Laboratories, Department of Earth Sciences
University of Liverpool, School of Environmental Sciences
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Monitoring activity rationale
All
Alien species
Climate change
Coastal and offshore infrastructure
Commercial fishing
Dredge disposal
Hazardous substances enrichment
inapplicable
Land reclaim
Litter
Mariculture
Navigation
Nutrient enrichment
Operational oceanography
Organic enrichment
Unknown
Legislative drivers
All
African-Eurasian Waterbirds Agreement
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act (UK)
Conservation of Seals Act (GB)
Control of Pollution Act (UK)
Controlled Activities Regulation (Scotland)
EC Bathing Waters Directive
EC Birds Directive
EC Dangerous Substances Directive
EC Environmental Impact Assessment Directive
EC Food Hygiene Regulations
EC Habitats Directive
EC Marine Strategy Framework 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)
IMO International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
inapplicable
London Convention
Marine Act (Scotland)
OSPAR Convention
Protection of Military Remains Act (UK)
Protection of Wrecks Act (UK)
Radioactive Substances Act (UK)
Ramsar Convention
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Unknown
Water Order (NI)
Wildlife and Countryside Act (GB)
Wildlife Order (NI)
Maximum frequency (at series) level
All
second to sub-minute
minute to sub-hour
hour to sub-day
day to sub-week
week to sub-month
month to sub-year
year to sub-decade
decadal
inapplicable
Duration of monitoring
All
>3 years
>5 years
>10 years
>20 years
Parameter groups
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Acoustics
Administration and dimensions
Amino acids
Anthropogenic contamination
Atmospheric chemistry
Bacteria and viruses
Biota abundance, biomass and diversity
Biota composition
Birds, mammals and reptiles
Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus
Carbonate system
Construction and structures
Cryosphere
Currents
Dissolved gases
Fish
Fisheries
Fluxes
Habitat
Halocarbons (including freons)
Hydrocarbons
Isotopes
Macroalgae and seagrass
Metal and metalloid concentrations
Meteorology
Microzooplankton
Nutrients
Optical properties
Other biological measurements
Other inorganic chemical measurements
Other physical oceanographic measurements
PCBs and organic micropollutants
Phytoplankton
Pigments
Rate measurements (including production, excretion and grazing)
Rock and sediment biota
Rock and sediment chemistry
Rock and sediment physical properties
Sea level
Sediment pore water chemistry
Sonar and seismics
Suspended particulate material
Terrestrial
Water column temperature and salinity
Waves
Zooplankton
Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
Platform Type
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aeroplane
beach/intertidal zone structure
coastal structure
diver
drifting subsurface profiling float
drifting surface float
fishing vessel
fixed benthic node
fixed subsurface vertical profiler
helicopter
hovercraft
land/onshore structure
man-powered boat
man-powered small boat
moored surface buoy
offshore structure
orbiting satellite
research vessel
satellite
sea bed vehicle
self-propelled boat
self-propelled small boat
ship
subsurface mooring
vessel at fixed position
vessel of opportunity
vessel of opportunity on fixed route
Programme continuity status
All
operational
operational becoming suspended
operational becoming terminated
suspended
terminated
Instrument type
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active fishing gear
active fluorometers
anemometers
beam trawls
benthos samplers
cameras
continuous water samplers
CTD
current meters
current profilers
discrete water samplers
dissolved gas sensors
fluorometers
gamma-ray spectrometers
inapplicable
manual biota samplers
meteorological packages
multi-beam echosounders
multi-channel seismic reflection systems
nutrient analysers
observers
optical backscatter sensors
particulates samplers
pelagic trawl nets
pH sensors
plankton nets
plankton recorders
salinity sensor
satellite tracking system
sea level recorders
sediment grabs
sediment settling tubes
sediment traps
seismic refraction systems
sidescan sonars
single-channel seismic reflection systems
spectrophotometers
thermistor chains
thermosalinographs
underwater cameras
unknown
water body temperature sensor
water level markers
water temperature sensor
wave recorders
Spatial form
All
curve
point
surface
Sea areas
All
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean - Lincoln Sea
Baltic Sea
Barents Sea
Bay of Biscay
Black Sea
Bristol Channel
Davis Strait
English Channel
Greenland Sea
Gulf of Alaska
Indian Ocean
Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Kattegat, Sound and Belts
Mediterranean Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
North Sea
Norwegian Sea
Skagerrak
South Atlantic Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
The Northwestern Passages
Timor Sea (East Indian Archipelago)
Country
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Germany
Ireland
Sweden
United Kingdom
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
D3 Commercial fish and shellfish populations are healthy
D4 Marine food webs are at normal abundace and diversity
D5 Eutrophication is minimised
D6 Sea-floor integrity supports ecosystem
D7 Hydrographical conditions are not altered
D8 Contaminants do not produce pollution effects
D9 Contaminants in seafood do not exceed established levels
Criteria
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C1_1 Species distribution
C1_2 Population size
C1_3 Population condition
C1_4 Habitat distribution
C1_5 Habitat extent
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
C3_1 Level of pressure of the fishing activity
C3_2 Reproductive capacity of the stock
C3_3 Population age and size distribution
C4_1 Productivity of key species or trophic groups
C4_2 Proportion of selected species at the top of food webs
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
C6_1 Physical damage
C6_2 Condition of benthic community
C7_1 Spatial characterisation of permanent alterations
C7_2 Impact of permanent hydrographical changes
C8_1 Concentration of contaminants
C8_2 Effects of contaminants
C9_1 Levels, number and frequency of contaminants
Indicator
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IN1_1_1 Distributional range
IN1_1_2 Distributional pattern within the range
IN1_1_3 Area covered by the species
IN1_2_1 Population abundance and/or biomass
IN1_3_1 Population demographic characteristics
IN1_4_1 Distributional range
IN1_4_2 Distributional pattern
IN1_5_1 Habitat area
IN1_5_2 Habitat volume
IN1_6_1 Condition of the typical species and communities
IN1_6_2 Relative abundance and/or biomass, as appropriate
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
IN3_1_1 Fishing mortality
IN3_1_2 Ratio between catch and biomass index
IN3_2_1 Spawning Stock Biomass
IN3_2_2 Biomass indices
IN3_3_1 Proportion of fish larger than the mean size of first sexual maturation
IN3_3_2 Mean maximum length across all species
IN3_3_3 95% percentile of the fish length distribution
IN3_3_4 Size at first sexual maturation
IN4_1_1 Performance of key predator species
IN4_2_1 Large fish proportion
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_2_3 Abundance of opportunistic macroalgae
IN5_2_4 Species shift in floristic composition caused by human activities
IN5_3_1 Abundance of perennial seaweeds and seagrasses
IN5_3_2 Dissolved oxygen concentrations
IN6_1_1 Type, abundance, biomass and areal extent of relevant biogenic substrate
IN6_1_2 Extent of the seabed affected by human activities
IN6_2_1 Presence of sensitive and/or tolerant species
IN6_2_2 Benthic community indicies
IN6_2_3 Macrobenthos size/length characteristics
IN6_2_4 Size spectrum of the benthic community
IN7_1_1 Extent of area affected by permanent alterations
IN7_2_1 Spatial extent of habitats affected by the permanent alteration
IN7_2_2 Changes in habitats, in particular the functions provided due to altered hydrographical conditions
IN8_1_1 Concentration of the contaminants
IN8_2_1 Levels of pollution effects on ecosystem components
IN8_2_2 Occurrence, origin, and extent of significant acute pollution events
IN9_1_1 Contaminant concentrations and number exceeding regulatory levels
IN10_1_1 Trends in coastal litter quantity, composition, spatial distribution and source
IN10_1_2 Trends in marine litter quantity, composition, spatial distribution and source