Southern England sediment elemental concentration data

The database provides a summary of >45,000 contaminant concentration data points for twenty-nine marine sediment chemicals from 334 Southern England (UK) sites (sites within the English/French Channel and the southern North and Celtic Seas), covering a survey period of 31 years (1983-2013). The database provides spatially and temporally extensive records of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) concentrations in sediments from coastal and open sea sites. Additional records of manganese (Mn), aluminium (Al), lithium (Li), tin (Sn) [and tributyltin (TBT)], barium (Ba), antimony (Sb), boron (B), calcium (Ca), molybdenum (Mo), cobalt (Co), selenium (Se), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), beryllium (Be), vanadium (V), titanium (Ti), sodium (Na), silver (Ag), thallium (Tl) and strontium (Sr) represent approximately 13 % of the full database. The database can be used to assess the contaminant load for specific sites, but also to strengthen and target current and future legislative control measures for anthropogenic contaminant inputs. Information contained in the database is relevant to marine ecotoxicologists, coastal ecologists (practitioners, scientists and policy makers) and government decision makers.

本数据库收录了英国英格兰南部334个采样点（涵盖英吉利海峡、北海南部及凯尔特海范围内的点位）的29种海洋沉积化学污染物的浓度数据，总计超过45000条，调查周期跨度达31年（1983年至2013年）。数据库包含沿海及远海沉积物中砷(As)、镉(Cd)、铬(Cr)、铜(Cu)、铁(Fe)、汞(Hg)、镍(Ni)、铅(Pb)及锌(Zn)的高时空覆盖度浓度记录。此外，锰(Mn)、铝(Al)、锂(Li)、锡(Sn)[及三丁基锡(TBT)]、钡(Ba)、锑(Sb)、硼(B)、钙(Ca)、钼(Mo)、钴(Co)、硒(Se)、钾(K)、镁(Mg)、铍(Be)、钒(V)、钛(Ti)、钠(Na)、银(Ag)、铊(Tl)与锶(Sr)的补充记录约占全数据库总量的13%。该数据库既可用于评估特定点位的污染物负荷水平，也可为优化及精准制定当前与未来的人为源污染物输入立法管控措施提供支撑。本数据库所含信息可供海洋生态毒理学家、沿海生态学家（从业者、科研人员与政策制定者）及政府决策者参考使用。