Marine Scotland Science (MSS) undertakes a wide range of monitoring covering many aspects of the Scottish marine ecosystem.
Monitoring is undertaken in Scottish Inshore Waters, using networks of volunteers and automatic recording equipment, as well as in Scottish Offshore Waters, using the MSS research vessels MRV Alba na Mara and MRV Scotia.
Marine Scotland Science also participates national monitoring programmes, such as:
This group provides published data from monitoring these activities. For many activities, there are national or international standards for how the monitoring is undertaken.
Dataset used for Scottish Marine Assessment 2020 - contains positional data and items per km squared sea surface. Also contains raw counts of microplastics per sample. **Please note:** this data set has been expanded and re-published with more...
Dataset for Marine Scotland Monitoring Project. Contains positional data and items per km squared sea surface and per cubic metre of seawater. Also contains raw counts of microplastics per sample. Will be updated annually
Spatial mapping of the sediment type and the carbon (C) stored in the top 10 cm of the sediments found across the seabed of the United Kingdom’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and within the territorial waters of the Isle of Man and the Channel...
Organic and inorganic carbon content of 886 surficial (top 10cm) sediment samples from across Scottish adjacent waters. Samples were collected across the Scottish portion of the UK EEZ with the aim of understanding the organic carbon and...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 7 The aim of this report is to determine the feasibility of replacing the synchronous fluorescence scanning (SFS) method of analysis of biliary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) metabolites...
The 2019 assessment described the status and trends of external fish disease in common dab at monitoring stations in waters around Scotland. A fish disease index (FDI) that combines observations of disease incidence and severity, disease...
Ocean Acidification : A Baseline Study assessing seasonal and inter-annual varability of carbonate chemistry in Scottish Waters. The chemistry of the seawater carbonate system is complex, an imbalance as a result of absorption of atmospheric CO2,...
Marine Environmental Assessment Group data for organic contaminants, metals, biological effects and water chemistry collected for the Clean Seas Environment Monitoring Programme (CSEMP). Sediment and biota samples are analysed for organic...
The National Performance Framework Clean Seas Indicator 2019 is the percentage of assessments of metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in biota and sediment showing concentrations that are unlikely...
The National Performance Framework Clean Seas Indicator 2018 is the percentage of assessments of metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in biota and sediment showing concentrations that are unlikely...