[{"name":"ammar-2024-contaminant-monitoring-1","title":"Long-term data for contaminants in fish, mussels, and bird eggs from the Baltic Sea, 1968\u200a\u2013\u200a2021","summary":"This dataset contains a curated version of contaminant concentrations collected within the Swedish National Monitoring Programme for Contaminants in Marine Biota. \r\nThe monitoring programme, funded by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, covers four fish species (Clupea harengus, Gadus morhua, Perca fluviatilis, Zoarces viviparous), one bivalve (Mytilus edulis), and eggs of three bird species (Uria aalge, Sterna hirundo, Haematopus ostralegus).\r\nThe programme started in 1978, but the oldest record in this dataset is from 1968 for guillemot eggs. Nowadays it includes 27 stations along the Swedish marine Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), with 36 biota time series analysed for more than 100 contaminants.","citations":"Ammar, Y., Faxneld, S., Sk\u00f6ld, M., & Soerensen, A. L. (2024). Long-term dataset for contaminants in fish, mussels, and bird eggs from the Baltic Sea. Scientific Data, 11(1). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41597-024-03216-0","comments":"A version of this dataset will be continuously maintained and updated at https:\/\/github.com\/NRM-MOC\/mcomDb. ","category":"Marine","subcategory":"Ecosystems","keywords":"Contaminants in marine biota; Monitoring programme; Marine ecosystem; Baltic Sea","scientist":"Yosr Ammar, Martin Sk\u00f6ld, Suzanne Faxneld, Anne L. Soerensen ","firstname":"Anne","lastname":"Soerensen","address":"Department of Environmental monitoring and research; Swedish Museum of Natural history\r\n","postalcode":"SE-114 18","city":"Stockholm","province":"","country":"Sweden","parameters":"Earth science > Oceans > Marine environment monitoring","location":"Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Baltic Sea","progress":"","language":"English","project":"We acknowledge financial support from the Formas - a Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (Grant No: 2021-00942).  The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency funds the Swedish National Monitoring Programme for Contaminants in Marine Biota. ","publisher":"Bolin Centre Database","version":"1","constrains":"","access":""}]