National Environmental Monitoring Programme in Sweden. The objective is to follow the deposition of heavy metals over Sweden by the analyses of their concentration in two selected species of moss. The selected species are: Red-stemmed Feather-moss (Pleurozium schreberi) and Mountain Fern Moss (Hylocomnium splendens). Preferred specie: Red-stemmed Feather-moss (Pleurozium schreberi). Metals adsorbed by mosses almost exclusively come from the air and metal concentration in mosses are therefore seen as a proxy for metal deposition. Analysed elements are: Al, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, V, Zn (2015). The moss samples are taken from over 600 stands across Sweden.
Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL) Box 53021 400 14 Göteborg Sweden
Karin Sjöberg IVL, Phone: +46317256245, E-mail: karin.sjoberg@ivl.se
Petra Hagström, The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency S-106 48 Stockholm, Sweden, Phone: +46106981284, E-mail: petra.hagstrom@naturvardsverket.se
Tove Lundeberg (AMAP representative) The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Phone: +46106981611, E-mail: tove.lundeberg@naturvardsverket.se
Al, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Mo, Pb, Ni, V and Zn in mosses Red-stemmed Feather-moss (Pleurozium schreberi) and Mountain Fern Moss (Hylocomnium splendens). Sampling is performed every 5 years.
Several locations in Northern Sweden. Total number of locations in Sweden is approximately 500-700, around 50-100 locations within AMAP-area.
Data are available on the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) website: (https://www.smhi.se/klimatdata/miljo/luftmiljodata/om-luftmiljodata/om-halter-i-luft-och-nederbord-1.107022)
Publications and reports are available on the Swedish EPA DiVA portal (http://naturvardsverket.diva-portal.org/smash/search.jsf?dswid=4305&aq=%5B%5B%5D%5D&aq2=%5B%5B%5D%5D&sf=all&aqe=%5B%5D&searchType=SIMPLE&onlyFullText=false&language=en&dspwid=4305)
Report Metals in moss 2015 (in Swedish): (http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:naturvardsverket:diva-6830)
Description of the national environmental monitoring subprogram Metalls in Mosses (in Swedish): (http://www.naturvardsverket.se/Miljoarbete-i-samhallet/Miljoarbete-i-Sverige/Miljoovervakning/Miljoovervakning/Programomrade-Luft/Delprogram---Metaller-i-mossa/)
Collected materials are stored in the Environmental Specimen Bank at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (http://www.nrm.se/en/forskningochsamlingar/miljoforskningochovervakning/miljoprovbanken.9000848.html)
Sampling and sample storage informations are on the Environmental Specimen Bank in the Swedish Museum of Natural History (http://www.nrm.se/en/forskningochsamlingar/miljoforskningochovervakning/miljoprovbanken.9000848.html).
Description of method (in Swedish): (http://www.naturvardsverket.se/Stod-i-miljoarbetet/Vagledningar/Miljoovervakning/Handledning/Metoder/Undersokningstyper/Programomrade-Luft/).
Methods are available also on The International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops (ICP) website http://icpvegetation.ceh.ac.uk/manuals/moss_survey.html
Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM)Environmental Specimen Bank; Swedish EPA; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Department of Forest Resource Management (SLU)- sampling; ALS Scandinavia AB; Ekokonsult AB, Å. Ruhling.
Results are raported to the Swedish EPA and International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops (ICP). The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
The programme started in 1975 and sampling is performed every five years. Last time was in 2015. Sampling are made by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Department of Forest Resource Management. The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM) Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB), manages and stores samples. The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) performes data management.