SHARK - Regional marine environmental monitoring, recipient control and monitoring projects of Zoobenthos in Sweden since 1972
type: Dataset
distribution: Landing page for the dataset
description: The monitoring is financed by the Swedish county administration boards, Swedish municipalities, Swedish coalitions of water conservation and Swedish companies. Recipient control data financed by companies are also included. Monitoring is performed by Swedish universities, agencies and consulting firms. Data are stored in the Swedish Ocean Archive database (SHARK), by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. The purpose of the monitoring program is to detect long term and short term changes in the soft bottom macrozoobenthos (>1mm) communities. Changes in the macrofauna community can indicate changes in environmental threats like eutrophication, environmental toxins and climate change. Data should be sampled and analyzed according to Leonardsson K. 2004. (In Swedish) Metodbeskrivning för provtagning och analys av mjukbottenlevande makroevertebrater i marin miljö. Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi och geovetenskap, 26 p (https://www.havochvatten.se/download/18.1690613b166605675de898f4/1539942622449/rapport-umu-metodbeskrivning-provtagning-analys-mjukbottenlevande-makroevertebrater-i-marin-miljo.pdf). However, deviations from the manual might occur. Information about the program and the methods are available in Swedish at the website of Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, https://www.havochvatten.se/vagledning-foreskrifter-och-lagar/vagledningar/ovriga-vagledningar/undersokningstyper-for-miljoovervakning/undersokningstyper/mjukbottenlevande-makrofauna-trend--och-omradesovervakning.html and https://www.havochvatten.se/vagledning-foreskrifter-och-lagar/vagledningar/ovriga-vagledningar/undersokningstyper-for-miljoovervakning/undersokningstyper/sediment---basundersokning.html.
modified: 2025-04-10T00:00:00Z
issued: 2021-04-28T00:00:00Z
publisher: SMHI - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
qualified attribution: Attribution
  had role: principalInvestigator
  agent: SHARK
    type: Agent
    type: PrivateIndividual(s)
keyword: Sampling event
keyword: Zoobenthos
keyword: Samplingevent
keyword: SAMPLING_EVENT
language: ENG

Landing page for the dataset
type: Distribution
title: Landningssida för datasetet @sv
access URL: SHARK - Regional marine environmental monitoring, recipient control and monitoring projects of Zoobenthos in Sweden since 1972
availability: stable

SMHI - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
type: Agent
name: SMHI - Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut @sv
type: Academia-ScientificOrganisation
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