Environmental contaminants in freshwater food webs, 2021

Report

Year of publication: 2022
External websites: Cristin; Arkiv
Involved from NIVA: Asle Økelsrud; Christian Vogelsang; Marthe Torunn Solhau Jenssen; Kine Bæk; Espen Lund; Sigurd Øxnevad; Anders Ruus; Jan Thomas Rundberget; Morten Jartun; Merete Grung
Contributors: Morten Jartun, Asle Økelsrud, Kine Bæk, Anders Ruus, Thomas Rundberget, Christian Vogelsang, Marthe Torunn Solhaug Jenssen, Espen Lund, Merete Grung, Sigurd Øxnevad, Ellen Katrin Enge, Martin Schlabach, Linda Hanssen, Ingar Johansen

Summary

This report presents monitoring data from freshwater food webs and abiotic samples from Lake Mjøsa and Femunden within the Milfersk programme. Studies and monitoring of legacy and emerging contaminants have been carried out through this programme for several years, focusing on the pelagic food web. This is the first report in the monitoring program focusing on a benthic food chain (Chironomids, ruffe, roach and perch) in addition to inputs to Lake Mjøsa by analysis of lake sediments, surface waters, stormwater, effluent and sludge from a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The analytical programme includes the determination of a total of ̴ 260 single components.