Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and dioxins and furans 2018
This core indicator evaluates the status of the marine environment based on concentrations of dioxin and dioxin like compounds in Baltic Sea fish, crustacean and molluscs as well as on concentrations of non-dioxin like PCB in Baltic Sea fish. Quantitative thresholds are used to evaluate if core indicators status is "Achieve", "Fail" or "Not assessed". Good status is achieved when the concentrations of PCB, dioxin and furans are below the threshold values.
This dataset displays the result of the indicator in HELCOM Assessment Scale 4 (Division of the Baltic Sea into 17 sub-basins and further division into coastal and off-shore areas and division of the coastal areas by WFD water types or water bodies).
Attribute information:
"OBJECTID" = Object identification
"HELCOM_ID" = Code of the HELCOM scale 4 assessment unit
"AULEVEL" = Assessment unit level used for the indicator
"Contamination ratio in biota (SCB6)" = Contamination ratio in biota for this substance
"STATUS_SCB" = Status of the indicator in biota for this substance (“Achieve”, “Fail” or “Not assessed”)
"Contamination ratio in biota (SDX)" = Contamination ratio in biota for this substance
"STATUS_SDX" = Status of the indicator in biota for this substance (“Achieve”, “Fail” or “Not assessed”)
"Overal status" = Overall Status of the indicator according to one-out-all-out (“Achieve”, “Fail” or “Not assessed”)
Simple
- Date (Publication)
- 2018-06-28
- Unique resource identifier
- https://metadata.helcom.fi/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/8c472feb-699a-41f2-8701-b42d06910dd9
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Oceanographic geographical features
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GEMET
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hazardous substance
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- Keywords
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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
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Use constraints: The data and resulting data products (tables, figures and maps) available on the indicator web page can be used freely given that the source is cited. The indicator should be cited as following: HELCOM (2018) PCB, dioxin and furan. HELCOM core indicator report. Online. [Date Viewed], [Web link].
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Access constraints: No limitations on public access.
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Metadata language
- English
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 2011-01-01
- End date
- 2016-12-31
- Unique resource identifier
- EPSG:3035
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ESRI Shapefile
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ESRI Shapefile
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1.0
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- OnLine resource
- Download dataset ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- OnLine resource
- Open in Map Viewer ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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Data are extracted from the HELCOM COMBINE database, hosted by ICES. The COMBINE data stem from regular environmental monitoring programmes of the coastal countries. The assessment protocol is structured in three main parts, 1) changes in log concentrations over time are modelled, 2) check for compliance against threshold value and evidence for temporal change of contaminant concentration per station and 3) a spatial aggregation of status per assessment unit.
Additional information:
Link to metadata of dataset used for indicator calculation:
- File identifier
- 8c472feb-699a-41f2-8701-b42d06910dd9 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2021-09-09T12:00:08