HELCOM Metadata catalogue
Radioactive substances Cesium-137 in seawater 2018
This core indicator evaluates the status of the marine environment based on concentrations of radioactive substances (Cs-137) in seawater and biota. Quantitative thresholds are used to evaluate if core indicators status is "Achieve", "Fail" or "Not assessed". Good status is achieved when concentrations reach levels measured before the Chernobyl accident in 1986.
This dataset displays the result of the indicator in HELCOM Assessment Scale 2 (Division of the Baltic Sea into 17 sub-basins) for seawater.
Attribute information:
"HELCOM_ID" = Code of the HELCOM scale 2 assessment unit
"level_2" = name of the HELCOM scale 2 assessment unit (subbasin)
"area_km2" = Area of HELCOM assessment unit
"Indicator" = name of the indicator
"Unit" = Unit used for the measured parameter
"Type" = type of the indicator
"Threshold value" = Threshold value for the subbasin
"Indicator value" = Indicator value (result) for the subbasin
"STATUS" = Status of the indicator in seawater (“Achieve”, “Fail” or “Not assessed”)
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- Date (Publication)
- 2018-06-28
- Unique resource identifier
- https://metadata.helcom.fi/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/7fa49a39-02ac-4605-b06e-be515bdb247a
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Oceanographic geographical features
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MADS
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HOLAS2 2018 Core indicator
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Core indicator
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Use constraints: The data and resulting data products (tables, figures and maps) available on the indicator web pages can be used freely given that the source is cited. The indicator should be cited as following: HELCOM (2018) Radioactive substances: Cesium-137 in fish and surface water. HELCOM core indicator report. Online. [Date Viewed], [Web link].
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- Access constraints: No limitations on public access.
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Metadata language
- English
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- Environment
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- Begin date
- 2011-01-01
- End date
- 2016-12-31
- Unique resource identifier
- EPSG:3035
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- Download dataset ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
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- Open in Map Viewer ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
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Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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The pre-Chernobyl values used to derive the threshold value have been calculated based on data in the HELCOM MORS database. The data used for defining the threshold value for 137Cs concentrations in herring, flatfish (plaice and flounder) and surface waters were collected between 1984 and 1985. The mean pre-Chernobyl 137Cs concentrations have been used as threshold values.
The evaluation of whether the threshold is achieved or not is carried out by calculating the mean value for all samples during the assessed year in each assessment unit and comparing this against the threshold values.
Data covers most of the Baltic Sea. Data of each matrix (herring, plaice and flounder and sea water) have been averaged by sub-basin and by year. The data is collected by national authorities and reported annually to the HELCOM MORS Database. In addition to national quality assurance procedures, manual quality assurance is applied to the reported data and data entries are verified annually by the HELCOM MORS Expert Group.
Additional information:
Link to metadata of dataset used for indicator calculation:
- File identifier
- 7fa49a39-02ac-4605-b06e-be515bdb247a XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2021-09-23T15:43:22
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