Scottish Coastal Observatory - Loch Maddy Site | LTM Loch Maddy
2012
Rasmussen Jens
Loch Maddy is a large ecosystem of shallow lochs ecompassing a wide range of habitats and features including reefs, lagoons, mudflats and sandbanks.The area has been proposed as a UK Marine Special Area of Conversation and the local community have founded Comann na Mara (Society of the Sea) to help increase awareness of the loch and to encourage people to study the area.
显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]Data collected at this site are: water bottles (salinity and nutrients), temperature (minilogger), phytoplankton samples. Salinity samples are analysed using a Guildline Portasal Salinometer, which is calibrated annually by the supplier. In house software checking routines identify outliers within the metadata and sample data, although no guarantee can be made that all bad entries are identified. Nutrient and chlorophyll results are passed to us by Marine Lab analytical chemists who adhere to UKAS standards. The minilogger records every 30 minutes, and from this daily average temperatures are calculated.
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