Annexes to Part B. General guidelines on quality assurance for monitoring in the Baltic Sea 

Annex B-1: Principal components of a quality manual
Annex B-2: Validation of established analytical methods
Annex B-3: Quality audit
Annex B-4: Technical note on Measurement Uncertainty

• Appendix 1. Protocol for evaluation of measurement uncertainty from in-house control measurements

Annex B-5: Standard operating procedure
Annex B-6: General remarks on sampling
Annex B-7: Examples of reference materials for internal quality control
Annex B-8: Units and conversions
Annex B-9: Technical note on the determination of hydrographic parameters:

• Appendix 1. Technical note on the determination of salinity and temperature of seawater
• Appendix 2. Technical note on the determination of dissolved oxygen in seawater
• Appendix 3. Recommended equations for the calculation of solubility and saturation of dissolved oxygen in seawater
• Appendix 4. Technical note on the determination of hydrogen sulphide in seawater

Annex B-10: Technical note on determination of nutrients
Annex B-11: Chemical analysis of anoxic waters

Annex B-12: Technical note on the determination of heavy metals and persistent organic compounds in seawater

• Appendix 1. Technical note on the determination of trace metals (Cd, Pb, Cu, Co, Zn, Ni, Fe) including mercury in seawater
• Appendix 2. Technical note on the determination of persistent organic compounds in seawater

Annex B-13: Technical note on the determination of heavy metals and persistent organic compounds in biota

• Appendix 1. Technical note on biological material sampling and sample handling for the analysis of persistent organic pollutants (PAHs, PCBs and OCPs) and metallic trace elements
• Appendix 2. Technical note on the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in biota
• Appendix 3. Technical note on the determination of chloronated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in biota
• Appendix 4. Technical note on the determination of trace metallic elements in biota
• Appendix 5. Technical note on the determination of total mercury in marine biota

Annex B-14: Technical note on the determination of heavy metals and persistent organic compounds in marine sediments

• Appendix 1. Technical note on the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in marine sediment
• Appendix 2. Technical note on the determination of chlorinated biphenyls in marine sediment
• Appendix 3. Technical note on the determination of heavy metals in marine sediment

Annex B-15: Technical note on the measurement of pH in seawater
Annex B-16: Technical note on the measurement of total alkalinity in seawater
Annex B-17: Technical note on co-factor analysis
Annex B-18: Technical Note on the determination of organic carbon in seawater

Last updated: 4.1.2008 (Annex B 5 is new, and subsequent Annexes in this section have been renumbered)