One stop shop for UK marine monitoring

This will result in interested parties gaining a better understanding of marine monitoring carried out in the UK and identification of where sampling can be better coordinated between organisations, leading to a more efficient use of resources such as ship time and the ability to evaluate if current monitoring is sufficient to provide data to meet the objectives.

Monitoring programmes may be searched spatially using GIS and/or by organisation, parameter groups, frequency, start dates and other fields by use of the drop down menus on the search webpage. Locations of each monitoring programme are displayed using GIS and further details provided with links and contact details. Each individual point may be interrogated using the GIS. A download into a CSV file is available which gives summary details of each programme as defined by the users search criteria.

UKDMOS is for the wider marine community and specifically a key output for the UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (UKMMAS). The technical build of the directory has relied heavily on outputs from the EU funded SeaDataNet project and the submission of content is funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Scottish Government. Maintenance of the UKDMOS database content will be completed by the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN). UKDMOS forms the marine monitoring component of the UK Environmental Observation Framework (EOF) being taken forward by the Environmental Research Funders Forum.

Contact ukdmos@bodc.ac.uk for further information or visit www.ukdmos.org.