ICES Data Centre – DOME (Marine Environment)
Updated 16/3- 2015
DOME – Contaminants and biological effects of
contaminants in sediment
Description of DOME output fields
DOME output field
MPROG
PURPM
Country
RLABO
STATN
MYEAR
DATE
Latitude
Longitude
Species
SEXCO
NOINP
MATRX
NODIS
PARGROUP
PARAM
BASIS
QFLAG
Value
MUNIT
VFLAG
DETLI
LMQNT
UNCRT
METCU
ALABO
REFSK
METST
METPT
Description
Monitoring programme (cf. MPROG). Multiple programmes are
possible separated by “~” (ascii 126)
Purpose of monitoring (cf. PURPM) . Multiple purposes
possible separated by “~” (ascii 126)
Country that has reported the measurement
Reporting institude (cf. RLABO)
Station name as reported
Monitoring year. Note that MYEAR may not always be identical
to the year in date of sampling
Date of sampling (DD/MM/YYYY)
Latitude of measurement (decimal degrees)
Longitude of measurement (decimal degrees)
Not used in this data type
Not used in this data type
Not used in this data type
Matrix being analysed (cf. MATRX)
Not used in this data type
Parameter group of measured parameter (cf. PARGROUP)
Measured parameter (cf. PARAM)
Basis of determination (cf. BASIS)
Qualifier flag for measured value, i.e. “<” (cf. QFLAG). Multiple
flags possible separated by “~” (ascii 126)
Value measured
Measurement unit
Validity flag, i.e. “S“ suspect value (cf. VFLAG). Multiple flags
possible separated by “~” (ascii 126)
Detection limit value
Limit of quantification
Uncertainty value
Method of calculating uncertainty (cf. METCU)
Analytical laboratory (cf. RLABO)
Reference source or key (cf. REFSK)
Method of storage (cf. METST)
Method of pretreatment (cf. METPT)
ICES Data Centre – DOME (Marine Environment)
Updated 16/3- 2015
METPS
METFP
METCX
Method of purification/separation (cf. METPS)
Method of chemical fixation/preservation (cf. METFP)
METOA
FORML
Test organism
SMTYP
SUBNO
Method of analysis (cf. METOA)
Formula used in calculation (cf. FORML)
In vivo/In vitro test organism or cell line (cf. VIVIT)
Sampler type (cf. SMTYP)
Sub-sample identification (can refer to aggregate, grab portion
or core slice)
Not used in this data type
Factors potentially influencing guideline compliance and
interpretation of data (cf. FINFL) Multiple factors possible
separated by “~” (ascii 126)
Reference to analytical method (integer). Can be used to trace
additional fields in ICES data systems
Reference to the measurement (integer). Unique for the data
table
Reference to the sub-sample (integer). Unique for a subsample
Reference to the sample (integer). Unique for a sample
BULKID
FINFL
tblAnalysisID
tblParamID
tblBioID
tblSampleID
Method of chemical extraction (cf. METCX) multiple flags
possible (separate multiple entries with “~” (ascii 126))