Scottish Coastal Observatory - Scalloway Site : LTM Scalloway : LTM Shetland

• Main Author: Rasmussen Jens
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Marine Scotland Science 2012
• Subjects: biota; Ammonium concentration parameters in the water column; Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies; Salinity of the water column; Silicate concentration parameters in the water column; Temperature of the water column; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7489/953-1; https://data.marine.gov.scot/dataset/scottish-coastal-observatory-scalloway-site

This is a moderately exposed site on the south-west coast of Shetland. The temperature logger is suspended under a floating pontoon at Scalloway Boat Club. Surface nutrient, salinity and phytoplankton samples are collected by staff from North Atlantic Fisheries College. : Data collected at this site are water bottles for salinity, nutrients and phytoplankton, and minilogger data for temperature. 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.