1. Annual Meeting, June 15-16 2015, Istanbul, Turkey WP1: Data collection and metadata compilation in sea regions: current status EMODnet Chemistry Partner contribution: VLIZ – Flanders Marine Institute

2. Annual Meeting, June 15-16 2015, Istanbul, Turkey General overview of the partner contribution: Current status SeawaterSedimentBiota Number of CDIs at beginning: 131300 Number of CDIs at year 1: 160400 Number of CDIs at year 2: 19670 + 5280 + 530 Spatial distribution:

3. Annual Meeting, June 15-16 2015, Istanbul, Turkey Total number of stations per parameter group per matrix: GroupSeawaterSedimentBiota Fertilizers 65400 Silicates 65300 Organic matter 00 + 2960 Chlorophyll 17600 Partial pressure dissolved gases 0 + 5200 Acidity 0 + 5200 Pesticides and biocides 00 + 5280 + 318 Antifoulants 000 Pharmaceuticals 000 Heavy metals 00 +5280 + 360 Hydrocarbons 00 + 4590 + 530 Radionuclides 000 Plastics 000 Current status

4. Annual Meeting, June 15-16 2015, Istanbul, Turkey Data quality control performed by the data center: Type of QC: SeawaterSedimentBiotaNotes: Position checkXXX Date checkXXX Missing valueXXX Range checkX Spike Pre-existing statistics Visualization and manual checks XXX Others: ….. ….

5. Annual Meeting, June 15-16 2015, Istanbul, Turkey Difficulties encountered: -Several analysis labs involved -Retrieve detection limit values per lab -Contaminant data; digitising from excel sheets per year -Mapping with P01 -Retrieve information for mapping with P01 -Mapping itself -Global and regional range values for contaminants in sediment and biota

6. Total number of stations per parameter group per matrix: Annual Meeting, June 15-16 2015, Istanbul, Turkey GroupSeawaterSedimentBiota Fertilizers 654 Silicates 653 Organic matter 296 Chlorophyll 176 Partial pressure dissolved gases 52 Acidity 52 Pesticides and biocides 528318 Antifoulants Pharmaceuticals Heavy metals 528360 Hydrocarbons 459530 Radionuclides Plastics Planning for the last year