Lakes; Chemistry

Updated 2017-10-13

Annual measurements of physical, chemical, and biological variables are taken in small to medium sized, mostly minimally disturbed lakes, situated across the country. Of the 108 lakes that are part of the Trend Station Lake monitoring programme, 20 are situated in AMAP area. The main aim of the monitoring programme is to document long-term changes related to global or regional change and human-generated stressors. To complement the Trend Station Lake monitoring programme, national lake surveys provide spatial data needed to determine regional patterns, and coupled with time-series data, changes in surface water quality. The National Lake Survey (the Surveillance Stations, re-sampled stations) programme for lake water quality, started in 2007 and results in data of all Swedish lake conditions. Each year some 800 new lakes are sampled to determine chemical and physical conditions; lakes are resampled at 6 year intevals. 4824 lakes are sampled in the country during a six-year sampling cycle, with 1270 situated in AMAP area. The variables included in the Trend Station Lake monitoring programme include water chemistry, fish, phytoplankton, macrophytes, zooplankton, and benthic invertebrates, whilst the National Lake Survey is focused solely on chemical and physical parameters.

This is a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project
Comments and additional information:

Comments and additional information on the National Lake Survey: The network is based on EMEP-squares and gives between 19 and 134 lakes sampled per county every year. Sampling at 0.5 - 2.0 m depth during fall circulation. Temperature, pH, NH4, NO2-NO3, Tot-N, Tot-P, PO4, TOC, Si, Absorbance (four wave lengths), Turbidity, Fe, Mn, Alkalinity, Ca, Mg, K, Na, SO4, Cl, F, and trace metals Cu, Cd, Pb, Cr, Ni, Co, Ni, V, Al are analysed.

Time frame

Status
Ongoing
Project time span
1984 - 2099
Data collection
1984 - 2017
Data processing
1984 - 2017
Data reporting
1984 - 2017

Contact information

Contact person
Richard Johnson
Address

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment 750 07 Uppsala, Box 7050 Sweden

Phone
+46 18 67 31 27
Email
es.uls@nosnhoj.drahcir
Other project contacts

Jens Fölster (National Lakes Survey) Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Box 7050, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden. Phone: +4618 6731 26 E-mail: jens.folster@slu.se

 Lars Sonesten (database) Phone: +4618-673007, 070-2562444 E-mail: lars.sonesten@slu.se

Ulrika Stensdotter Blomberg, The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Box 11930 SE-40439 Göteborg Sweden, Phone:+46106986011 E-mail: ulrika.stensdotter@havochvatten.se

Tove Lundeberg (AMAP representative) the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency S-106 48 Stockholm Sweden, Phone: +46106981611, E-mail: tove.lundeberg@naturvardsverket.se

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled
Acidification parameters
Biological effects
Heavy metals
Other metals/elements
Media sampled/studied/modelled
Algae (algae, phytoplankton)
Freshwater benthos
Freshwater fish
Freshwater sediments
Higher plants
Additional information or further specification of types of data / information collected, species / tissues / organs sampled, etc.

Eutrophication, Acidification, Temperature, pH, NH4, NO2-NO3, Tot-N, Tot-P, PO4, TOC, Si, Absorbance, Fe, Mn, Alkalinity, Ca, Mg, K, Na, SO4, Cl, F, and trace metals Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, Cr, Ni, Co, V, Al, As, hydrochemistry, epiphyton, benthic fauna, time-serie,

Geography

Regions studied
Other metals/elements
Other metals/elements
Other metals/elements
Other metals/elements
Other metals/elements
Other metals/elements
Stations or areas where observations are made

Trend stations in AMAP area: Latnjajaure (X:758677 Y:161050), Abiskojaure (X:758208 Y:161749), Valkeajärvi (X:751252 Y:175433), Pahajärvi (X:742829 Y:183168), Bergträsket (X:733110 Y:182955), Brännträsket (X:728095 Y:175926), Norra Reivo (X:730091 Y:165102), Vuolgamjaure (X:728744 Y:162653), Louvvajaure (X:736804 Y:160569), Jutsajaure (X:744629 Y:167999), Njalakjaure (X:741340 Y:153576), Båtkåjaure (X:742442 Y:153530), Stor-Tjulträsket (X: 731799 Y: 151196), Storvindeln (X: 728271 Y: 157578), Vitträsket (X: 718150 Y: 168580), Stor-Arasjön (X: 716717 Y: 158596), Bjännsjön (X: 713404 Y: 172465), Ögerträsket (X: 712246 Y: 170866), Täftesträsket (X: 711365 Y: 171748), Sidensjön (X: 709218 Y: 169710), Svartvattnet (X: 706672 Y: 167201)

Data availability

Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?
No
If no (or only part of data are reported to a TDC), where and how are (other) data stored?

Data on water Chemistry and all biological parameters except fish is available at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Department of Aquatic Resources: (http://miljodata.slu.se/mvm/) and (http://info1.ma.slu.se/db.html).

Data host for fish data is the Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU):http://www.slu.se/institutioner/akvatiska-resurser/databaser/registersida/

A complete list of data hosts is found at https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/samordning--fakta/data--statistik/miljoovervakningsdata-datavardskap-och-atkomst-av-data.html

For more information contact Lars Sonesten, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, (SLU), Uppsala. Phone: +4618-673007, 070-2562444 E-mail: lars.sonesten@slu.se

 

References to key publications (or planned publications) and data reports

Data reports are available from the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment (SLU)  on SEPA webpage:  http://www.slu.se/vatten-miljo?si=2A91C90C2D4301B9C53551C7BF191A50&rid=1662944351&sn=sluEPi6-prodSearchIndex

Reports are also found at the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SWAM): https://www.havochvatten.se/en

 

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?
Yes
Specimen banking information

The Environmental Specimen Bank at the Swedish Museum of Natural History: http://www.nrm.se/en/forskningochsamlingar/miljoforskningochovervakning/miljoprovbanken.9000848.html 

Fish samples are banked. Other biological samples are stored for a certain time, usually five or ten years.

 

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.

Procedures and methods are described on SLU website: (http://info1.ma.slu.se/db.html)

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?
No
Other institutes involved in the project

Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SWAM), Swedish EPA; Luleå Univ. of Technology (LTU), Applied Geology, SBN-GEOVET

Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?

SWAM, Swedish EPA

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