Physical and Chemical Oceanographic Data (including Pollution Data) from the Caribbean Sea, and the South Pacific Ocean

The main objectives of the Biotic Resources Study Centre are the evaluation of
the state of the country's renewable natural resources; identification of
critical areas and the causes of the problems involved; quantification of the
impact of the devastation of renewable natural resources; development of
programmes or projects designed to rescue, preserve, improve, reproduce and
develop our renewable natural resources; provision of environmental education
for various sections of the population and controlling pressure on the
renewable natural resources of the national marine environment. Physical and
chemical data are available from the Caribbean Sea and South Pacific Ocean.

Temperature and salinity near the bottom are available. Salinity is obtained
by means of such instruments as refractometers of salinity and salinometers or
by chemical analysis by indirect measurement of chlorinity and use of Knudsens
tables. Temperature is recorded by means of thermometers and densimeters with
temperature scales.

Oxygen, phosphates, nitrates, and pH are available. The traditional Winkler
method is used for oxygen. A model 340 Sequoia Turner digital spectrophotometer
is used for phosphates and nitrates and an Orion pH-meter for pH.

Finally, data on such pollutants as heavy metals, oil residues, and
chlorinated hydrocarbons are available.