Annual Meeting, June , Istanbul, Turkey WP1: Data collection and metadata compilation in sea regions: current status EMODnet Chemistry Partner contribution: ICES

Annual Meeting, June , Istanbul, Turkey General overview of the partner contribution: Current status SeawaterSedimentBiota Number of CDIs at beginning: Number of CDIs at year 1: Number of CDIs at year 2: Spatial distribution: Nutrients, oxygen, chlorophyll aContaminants in biota Nutrients, oxygen, chlorophyll a

Annual Meeting, June , Istanbul, Turkey Total number of stations per parameter group per matrix: GroupSeawaterSedimentBiota Fertilizers 6113 Silicates 3337 Organic matter Chlorophyll 1317 Partial pressure dissolved gases 5908 Acidity 37 Pesticides and biocides 373 Antifoulants 967 Pharmaceuticals Heavy metals 209 Hydrocarbons 6 Radionuclides Plastics Current status

Annual Meeting, June , Istanbul, Turkey Data quality control performed by the data center: Type of QC: SeawaterSedimentBiotaNotes: Position checkXXX Date checkXXX Missing valueXPossibly spotted manually for contaminants Range checkXXX SpikeX Pre-existing statistics X Visualization and manual checks XXX Others: Regional convention monitoring programme requirements XX

Annual Meeting, June , Istanbul, Turkey Difficulties encountered: Mappings: Contaminants in biota 379 chemicals in 115 species = 9061 P01 codes (combinations of Species, Matrix, Substance, Basis of determination) Mapping to EMDO has proven not to be straight forward Duplicate CDI’s: Strategy: Report cruises known not to be included already Ask submitters if they want ICES to report, but national coordination might be insufficient… Mapping against list of reported stations, but this list is dynamic…

Total number of stations per parameter group per matrix: Annual Meeting, June , Istanbul, Turkey GroupSeawaterSedimentBiota Fertilizers ?<= 2122 Silicates ? Organic matter Chlorophyll ? Partial pressure dissolved gases ? Acidity ? Pesticides and biocides <= 1116<= 2361<= 4151 Antifoulants <= 25<= 1003<= 338 Pharmaceuticals Heavy metals <= 3202<= 4684<= 6455 Hydrocarbons <= 951<= 2353<= 2331 Radionuclides Plastics Planning for the last year For the Baltic Sea the potential is about CDI’s