Publication - Progress report

Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Volume 4 Number 4: Measurement of Contaminants and their Effects in Environmental Samples - Proposal for the Revision of the Sampling Programme

Review of contaminant monitoring currently undertaken in Scotland's seas

BAC	Background Assessment Concentration (contaminants) or Background Assessment Criteria (biological effects)
BC	Background Concentration
CEMP	OSPAR Coordinated Environmental Monitoring Programme
CSEMP	UK Clean Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme
EAC	Environmental Assessment Criteria
EQS	Environmental Quality Standard
EQSD	Environmental Quality Standard Directive (2008/105/ EC)
EROD	7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase
FSA	Food Standards Agency
GES	Good Environmental Status
HBCDD	Hexabromocyclododecane
MSFD	Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/ EC)
MSS	Marine Scotland Science
OSPAR	OSPAR Convention for the protection of the north east Atlantic
PAHs	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PBDEs	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
PCBs	Polychlorinated biphenyls
PSD	Priority Substances directive (2013/39/ EU)
SEPA	Scottish Environment Protection Agency
TBT	Tributyltin
WFD	Water Framework Directive (2000/60/ EC)

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