Partner contribution: EMODnet Chemistry WP1: Data collection and metadata compilation in sea regions: current status Partner contribution: National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa”, Romania Partner’s logo Annual Meeting, June 15-16 2015, Istanbul, Turkey 1

General overview of the partner contribution: Current status General overview of the partner contribution: Seawater Sediment Biota Number of CDIs at beginning: 3593 570 Number of CDIs at year 1: 1036 Number of CDIs at year 2: 722 325 Spatial distribution: Partner’s logo Annual Meeting, June 15-16 2015, Istanbul, Turkey 2

Total number of stations per parameter group per matrix: Current status Total number of stations per parameter group per matrix: Group Seawater Sediment Biota Fertilizers 3905 Silicates Organic matter Chlorophyll 479 Partial pressure dissolved gases 3348 Acidity 171 Pesticides and biocides 631 558 Antifoulants Pharmaceuticals Heavy metals 814 337 Hydrocarbons Radionuclides Plastics Partner’s logo Annual Meeting, June 15-16 2015, Istanbul, Turkey 3

Data quality control performed by the data center: Type of QC: Seawater Sediment Biota Notes: Position check ODV, GIS Correction of coordinates, Local bathymetry Date check Cruise log file Correction of date Missing value QF=9 Range check QF=4 broad-range & regional check values Spike QF=3 Pre-existing statistics QF=2, QF=3 Visualization and manual checks x Others: ….. …. Partner’s logo Annual Meeting, June 15-16 2015, Istanbul, Turkey 4

Difficulties encountered: Delays in receiving data Data received in different formats Missing parts of metadata Collection of the complete datasets / metadata and their conversion to ODV format. - no other major difficulties Partner’s logo Annual Meeting, June 15-16 2015, Istanbul, Turkey 5

Planning for the last year Total number of stations per parameter group per matrix: Group Seawater Sediment Biota Fertilizers  230 (2013-2015) Silicates Organic matter Chlorophyll Partial pressure dissolved gases Acidity  160 (2013-2015 ) Pesticides and biocides  80 (2015) Antifoulants Pharmaceuticals Heavy metals  160 (2014-2015)  520 (2009-2015) Hydrocarbons  335 (2006-2012)  279 (2006-2012) Radionuclides Plastics Partner’s logo Annual Meeting, June 15-16 2015, Istanbul, Turkey 6