Background

The Belt project in 1974 to 1978 was the first monitoring programme for the marine environment in Denmark. The monitoring of the open waters became more permanent in 1979 when a monitoring programme was implemented according to the HELCOM convention. At the same time regional programs were initiated by the Danish counties. The monitoring of the marine environment was intensified with the implementation of the Monitoring programme under the Action Plan for the Aquatic Environment from 1989, which was later revised with effect from 1993. The national monitoring programme NOVA-2003 (in Danish) including ground water, streams, lakes and the sea started in 1998.

The data in MADS comes from NERI's own cruises, the Danish counties and from other marine research institutes in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany. The geographical coverage of the database is the Danish fiords and coastal waters, the inner Danish waters, the western Baltic Sea, Skagerrak and the eastern North Sea. It is only the Danish data that is available on these pages. Data from Sweden, Norway and Germany migth be found at ICES.

Use of data

Data from these pages can be used freely. Please cite NERI as source when using the data in publications.

Ideas or problems

If you have ideas to improve these pages or have found errors or other problems then please send a mail to : Ole H. Manscher.