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| Fraction | Fraction | upper limit of particle size in analysed fraction expressed in µm. Blank if whole sediment has been analysed. | int(4) | 0 |
| Year | Year | year of aggregation period, or year in which sample taken, in format YYYY. | int(4) | 0 |
| Month | Month | month in which sample taken, values in range 0-12 (it is possible that the month has not been supplied, in which case the value will be 0). | int(4) | 0 |
| Day | Day | day in which sample was taken, values in range 0-31 (it is possible that the day has not been supplied, in which case the value will be 0). | int(4) | 0 |
| Determinand | Determinand | determinand name. | nvarchar(200) | 0 |
| Unit | Unit | unit of measurement. | nvarchar(30) | 0 |
| Sampler | Sampler | name of sampling equipment used at transitional, coastal or marine water monitoring station. | nvarchar(200) | 0 |
| WaterbaseID | WaterbaseID | internally produced, unique identifier used to represent the monitoring station for rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal and marine waters and water quantity, or groundwater body, in the format CountryCode_WaterDataSet_NationalStationID (e.g. GB_RV_12345). | nvarchar(200) | -1 |
| SampleID | Sample ID | unique sample identifier required if multiple samples taken on same day. SampleID default value is 0. | nvarchar(50) | 0 |
| CaSNo | Chemical Abstract Service Number | Chemical Abstract Service Number of determinand. | nvarchar(20) | 0 |
| SedimentBottom | Bottom of sediment layer | bottom of analysed sediment layer measured from the sediment surface expressed in cm. Value "-1" indicates data not available. | float(8) | 0 |
| OrganicCarbon | Organic carbon | mean organic carbon content expressed as % of total dry weight. | float(8) | 0 |
| DryWetRatio | Dry wet ratio | mean ratio of dry weight to wet weight expressed as %. | float(8) | 0 |
| Concentration | Concentration | concentration of determinand in sample. For observations reported as below the analytical limit, the field will contain the upper (reporting) limit. | float(8) | 0 |
| BottomDepth | Bottom depth of sediment | bottom depth where the sediment sample was taken at transitional, coastal or marine water monitoring station expressed in m, measured from the water surface. | float(8) | 0 |
| SedimentTop | Top of sediment layer | top of analysed sediment layer measured from the sediment surface expressed in cm. Value "-1" indicates data not available. | float(8) | 0 |
| Basis | Basis | basis of aggregate: D = Dry, W = Wet. | varchar(1) | 0 |
| CountryCode | Country Code | ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements. | varchar(2) | 0 |
| GrainType | Grain type | sediment type description if no analysis of grain size: M = Mud, FS = Fine sand, MS = Middle sand, CS = Coarse sand, G = Gravel. | varchar(2) | 0 |
| LimitOfDetectionFlag | Limit of detection flag | flag to indicate sample below analytical limit of detection in format <. | varchar(1) | 0 |
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