pcb: PCB138 measurements in sediment at the NCP, the Dutch part of the North Sea
Description
PCB138 measurements in sediment at the NCP, which is the
Dutch part of the North Sea
Usage
data(pcb)
Arguments
Format
This data frame contains the following columns:
year
measurement year
x
x-coordinate; UTM zone 31
y
y-coordinate; UTM zone 31
coast
distance to coast of the Netherlands, in km.
depth
sea water depth, m.
PCB138
PCB-138, measured on the sediment fraction smaller than
63 \(\mu\), in \(\mu g/kg\) dry matter; BUT SEE NOTE BELOW
yf
year; as factor
References
Pebesma, E. J., & Duin, R. N. M. (2005). Spatial patterns of temporal
change in North Sea sediment quality on different spatial scales. In
P. Renard, H. Demougeot-Renard & R. Froidevaux (Eds.), Geostatistics for
Environmental Applications: Proceedings of the Fifth European Conference
on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications (pp. 367-378): Springer.