Environmental Monitoring database (MOD) DNV
Citation
DNV: Environmental Monitoring database (MOD) DNV https://doi.org/10.15468/q8qykg accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.Description
DNV is a risk and classification company with roots dating back to the founding of Det Norske Veritas (DNV) in 1864. DNV operates in the oil, gas, and renewable energy sectors.
The data produced by DNV is stored in their own Environmental Monitoring database (MOD). It comprises approximately 2.8 million species occurrence records, as well as chemical and geology records. This information comes from grab sampling conducted in areas around oil drilling stations. GBIF Norway is working with DNV to publish the species abundance data in the MOD database.
The grab sampling process is done on a yearly basis around the months of May and June, but not all stations are sampled each year. In general sampling is done around each station every third year, and in some areas samples have been repeated since the 1990s.
Sampling Description
Study Extent
Barents sea, Ekofisk area, Finnmark, Møre area, Nordland, Oseberg, Sleipner, Statfjord, Trondelag, UK ShelfSampling
Biology samples are taken with a van Veen grab and from a surface area of 0.5 m^2 There are several sample stations around each installation. The distance and direction from the main installation is stored in locationRemarks. The exact latitude and longitude for each sample station is provided. Approximately five grabs are made at each station, each a few meters apart. The grab numbers are provided in the eventRemarks.Method steps
- The identification of species in each sample is in general done at DNV's Biology lab but samples are also sometimes outsourced to external taxonomists.
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
- Norwegian Environment Agency (2020) Guidelines for environmental monitoring of petroleum activities on the Norwegian continental shelf. Report M-408. Available at https://www.miljodirektoratet.no/publikasjoner/2015/september-2015/environmental-monitoring-of-petroleum-activities-on-the-norwegian-continental-shelf/ -
- DNV (2020) How they help the oil industry see how it affects the environment. DNV staff interview with Tor Jensen and Amund Ulfsnes. Available at https://www.dnvgl.no/karriere/employee-stories/interview-articles/tor-jensen-and-amund-ulfsnes.html -
- Akvaplan-niva AS (2008) Offshore sediment monitoring on the Norwegian shelf A regional approach 1996-2006. Akvaplan-niva report no 3487 - 003. Available at https://norskoljeoggass.no/contentassets/d12e43769840474ab92035eeb83b2e43/miljoovervaking-av-offshorevirksomheten---regional-sedimentovervaking-1996-2006.pdf -
Contacts
Thomas Møskelandoriginator
position: Marine Biologist
DNV
Høvik, Oslo
NO
email: Thomas.Moskeland@dnvgl.com
Thomas Møskeland
metadata author
position: Marine Biologist
DNV
Høvik, Oslo
NO
email: Thomas.Moskeland@dnvgl.com
Rukaya Johaadien
user
GBIF Norway
NO
email: r.s.johaadien@nhm.uio.no
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2857-2276
Thomas Møskeland
content provider
position: Marine Biologist
DNV
Høvik, Oslo
NO
email: Thomas.Moskeland@dnvgl.com
Thomas Møskeland
administrative point of contact
position: Marine Biologist
DNV
Høvik, Oslo
NO
email: Thomas.Moskeland@dnvgl.com