Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 12 No 14
The Scottish Coastal Observatory (SCObs) monitors environmental parameters in Scottish coastal waters, generating data to fulfil the Scottish Government’s statutory monitoring obligations under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, the UK Marine Strategy and Oslo Paris Commission (OSPAR) Quality Status Assessments. It also provides information about how the coastal marine ecosystem in Scottish waters is changing. A selection of parameters including temperature, salinity, turbidity, nutrients, ocean acidification, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll ‘a’, and the composition of phytoplankton and zooplankton communities are monitored weekly at a number of sites around the Scottish coast since 1997. The SCObs dataset is quality controlled and data from 1997 - 2020 is accessible online at the Marine Scotland website. This report provides an update on SCObs sampling locations, analytical methodologies and quality control. It also contains supportive information to end users who are considering analysis of the SCObs dataset.
Data and Resources
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publisher | |
| Modified | 2021-10-25 |
| Release Date | 2021-10-21 |
| Identifier | b06c7f8d-91f0-428a-8589-537e045e17b7 |
| Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location | Scotland |
| Temporal Coverage | 1997-01-01 to 2020-12-31 |
| License | UK Open Government Licence (OGL) |
| Author | |
| Data Dictionary | An update to sampling locations, analytical methodologies and quality control information to accompany the dataset is presented in this report to provide supportive information to end users when considering analysis of the SCObs dataset and to aid interpretation of outputs. |
| Contact Name | Marine Scotland |
| Contact Email | |
| Public Access Level | Public |