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ICES Trial Survey and intercalibration
on Passive Sampling
2006-2007

Initiative from WGMS and MCWG

Focal point Foppe Smedes   (RIKZ The Netherlands)

PLANNING

GREEN IS DONE

YELLOW IN PROGRESS

Red- possibly Delay

Activity

Completion date

Responsibilities

Draft protocol for the experiment

May

Coordinating Group

Get firm commitments from participants.

September

Coordinating Group and participants.

Determine degree of replication *

July

Coordinating Group

Confirm participants and locations

July September

Paticipants / Coordinating Group

Draft Guidelines SEDIMENT

End of July    Septemeber

Coordinating Group

Purchase sampler sheets

June–August

RIKZ

Prepare and spike sampler sheets

August–September

RIKZ

Purchase of bottles

June–August

RIKZ

Prepare, spike bottles

August–September

RIKZ

Distribute bottles

25  29 September

RIKZ

Build frames to support samplers

July–Mid septemberr

RIKZ

Purchase mussels or use local animals

October

Participants

Distribute sample frames

25  29  September

RIKZ

Distribute sampler sheets

25  29  September

RIKZ

Deploy mussels and samplers and sediment

Early October.

Participants

Record supporting data (CTD-data)

Simultaneous with the sampling

Participants

Recover mussels and samplers

Late November/early december

Participants

Shake sediment

October–November

Participants

Send sediment sample bottles to central lab

December Januari

Participants

Send water sampler sheets to central lab

December Januari

Participants

Analyses of samplers at central lab

Mid-January February

RIKZ

Complete analyses at local labs

Mid-January February

Participants

Send data to central lab

Early-February

Participants

Collate data

End of February

Foppe Smedes

Review data

At WGs next year

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