Updated 2013-02-02
Project aims to observe the state of algal blooming in summer through a network of observation sites. Monitoring is coordinated by Finnish Environmental Institute and implemented by the regional centres for environment together with private observing personnel.
This is a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project
Time frame
- Status
- Ongoing
- Project time span
- 1998 -
- Data collection
- 1998 -
- Data processing
- 1998 -
- Data reporting
- not specified
Geography
- Regions studied
- Biological effects
- Biological effects
- Stations or areas where observations are made
Country-wide network of 270 lakes or rivers, 70 sites in the Baltic Sea.
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 stored in a database run by Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE).
- Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?
- No
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.
Intensity of algal blooming is assessed visually in scale of 0-3. Samples are identified for potentially toxic cyanobacteria.
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
Lapland Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment