AMAP Time Trend Programme

Updated 2005-10-03

The project includes analyses of PCBs, organochlorine pesticides, chlordanes and brominated flame retardants in seals, birds and fish from Greenland. The programme covers a period of five years to investigate temporal trends in the concentration levels of organic pollutants in Greenland.

This is a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project

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Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 2001 - 2006
Data collection: 2001 - 2003
Data processing: 2002 - 2006
Data reporting: 2002 - 2006

Contact information

Contact person: Frank Riget
Address: NERI Frederiksborgvej 399 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
Phone: +45 46301948
Fax: +45 46301914
Email: kd.umd@rff

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Geography

Regions studied: Marine TDC

Data availability

Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?: yes-all

Data centres: Marine TDC

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: Yes

Specimen banking information: Ringed seals, black guillemot, shorthorn sculpin tissues, kept at -20 degree at NERI

Methods & Procedures

Not specified

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No