MERMAN – the Marine Environment Monitoring and Assessment National Database
MERMAN fulfils the data storage and access requirements of the Clean Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme (formally NMMP) which provides data for national assessments and the UK's contribution to International agreements.
Data is collected at approximately 80 sites around the UK (see map below) and quality assured by participation in national and international quality assurance initiatives. The programme has been running since 1990 and data holdings currently include:
- Trace metals, organic contaminants and particle size data in sediment;
- Trace metals, organic contaminants and bioeffects in biota;
- Trace metals, organic contaminants and nutrients in water;
- Riverine discharge data on nutrients and contaminants; and
- Benthic invertebrates data.
How to access the data
If you would like to have access to data held in MERMAN please contact the Database Manager at the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), who manage the database on behalf of the contributing Departments and Devolved Administrations. Registered users may access MERMAN via the Defra secure applications portal.
Further information on the monitoring programme and data holdings can be seen in the second NMMP Report.
- Executive Summary - Introduction
(605 KB) - Methods - Quality control (155 KB)
- Results - Conclusions and recommendations (1.7 MB, large file size)
- References - UK case studies (1.6 MB, large file size)
- Appendix 1 - Appendix 2 (55 KB)
Merman sampling station
Contact
MERMAN Database Manager
British Oceanographic Data Centre
Joseph Proudman Building
6 Brownlow Street
Liverpool
L3 5DAEmail: merman@bodc.ac.uk
Related documents
- MERMAN User Guide Note: large file size (1 MB)
- MERMAN Business Objects Manual Note: large file size (8.6 MB)
- MERMAN Data Input Sheets - all updated 20 May 2008
- Input
spreadsheet AQC
(1.56
MB) - Input
spreadsheet Biology AQC (1.49
MB)
- Input
spreadsheet Biology Large
file size (1.89 MB)
- Input
spreadsheet Biota Large
file size (2.15 MB)
- Input
spreadsheet PT (1.50
MB)
- Input
spreadsheet RID (1.49
MB)
- Input
spreadsheet Sediment (1.50
MB)
- Input
spreadsheet Submission Unhold (1
MB)
- Input
spreadsheet Water Large
file size (2.11 MB)
- Input
spreadsheet AQC
- MERMAN Monitoring Guidance “the Green Book” (on SEPA website)
Data sources
The data stored on the MERMAN database is collected by:
- Agri-food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS)
- Environment Agency (EA)
- Environment and Heritage Service (EHS)
- Fisheries Research Services (FRS)
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
on behalf of:
- Defra
- The Scottish Executive
- The Welsh Assembly Government
- Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)
- Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Northern Ireland)
Data holdings
MERMAN currently holds the following data collected according to "the Green Book":
Measurement: |
Matrix: |
Date: |
Chemical Contaminants: |
||
Metals |
Sediments |
1999 - current |
Metals |
Shellfish |
1999 - current |
Metals |
Fish Tissues |
1999 - current |
Metals |
Fish Liver |
1999 - current |
PCBs |
Sediments |
1999 - current |
PCBs |
Shellfish |
1999 - current |
PCBs |
Fish Liver |
1999 - current |
Organochlorine Pesticides |
Shellfish |
1999 - current |
PAH |
Sediments |
1999 - current |
PAH |
Shellfish |
1999 - current |
Riverine Inputs Data |
1994 - current |
|
Biological Effects: |
||
Benthic Macrofauna |
Sediments |
1999 - current |
Imposex TBT |
Shellfish |
1999 - current |
EROD |
Fish Liver |
1999 - current |
Fish Disease |
Fish Tissues |
1999 - current |
Fish Disease |
Fish Liver |
1999 - current |
Metallothien |
Fish Liver |
1999 - current |
DNA Adducts |
Fish Liver |
1999 - current |
Biological Community: |
||
Abundance |
Macrobenthos |
1988 - current |
Biomass |
Macrobenthos |
1988 - current |
Page last modified:
20 May 2008
Page published: 25
October 2005