Indicator 5 : Nutrient concentrations in transitional, coastal and marine waters

 

The indicator refers to the levels and trends in total nitrogen, total phosphorus concentration in the transitional, coastal and marine waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

Definitions 

 

Availability of datasets for indicator calculation

Availability of datasets for indicator calculation
Total nitrogen (TN) concentration
Total phosphorus (TP) concentration
Nitrate (NO3) concentration
Nitrite (NO2) concentration
Ammonium (NH4) concentration
Orthophosphate (o-PO4) concentration

 Governance for data collection

Administrative Level	Central administration
Frequency	Data is collected twice a year, Autumn and Spring. Last update (October 2017)
Name of data provider	Israel Oceanographic and Limnologic Institute (IOLR)
Methodology	See the reports for all methodologies: http://www.sviva.gov.il/InfoServices/ReservoirInfo/ ResearchAndPublications/Pages/Publications/P0801-P0900/P0843.aspx
Obligation for data reporting (volumes/Perf) to central administration
Master plan for managing the concentration of total nitrogen/phosphorous

 Data management

Information system	Thematic database	Electronic spreadsheet	No management system of data

SDI

Datasets are part of SDI

Data quality

Quality process
Spatial resolution	Aggregated at national level	At regional level	At sub regional level	At coastal level
Time series available	Data is available on the ISRAMAR database:  https://isramar.ocean.org.il/isramar2009/

Data policy

Csv	Excel	Xml	Word	Html	Pdf	Access database, Mysql, Postgresql	Shapefile	Other
								ODV
Publicly availability
How to access from outside	external network (web services)	File transfert (FTP)	Other

Data flows

Is the dataset is relevant for reporting obligations	Plan Bleu	Medpol	NAP	UNSD	Other

Key documents

documents

Key links

links