Updated 2013-01-26
Monitoring aims to follow certain pollutant concentrations and their changes in fish tissue and sediment. Both inland lakes, one river and coastal areas are sampled. Lapland monitoring site is Lake Inarijärvi. Project is managed by Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE).
This is a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project
Time frame
- Status
- Ongoing
- Project time span
- 1978 -
- Data collection
- 1978 -
- Data processing
- 1978 -
- Data reporting
- 1978 -
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 is stored in the Finnish Environment Institute
- References to key publications (or planned publications) and data reports
- Rantakokko, P., Hallikainen, A., Airaksinen, R., Vuorinen, P.J., Lappalainen, A., Mannio, J., Vartiainen, T. 2010. Concentrations of organotin compounds in various fish species in the Finnish lake waters and Finnish coast of the Baltic Sea, Science of The Total Environment. 408(12):2474-2481
- 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.
- Selected heavy metals and organic contaminants are analysed of samples collected annually in different freshwater environments in various parts of Finland.
Method description
Fish: Gillnets, hook and line.
Sediment: sediment corer.
- Samples were stored deep frozen (-20 C) before extraction.
- Extraction: HNO3 digestion (metals), organic extraction (org. contaminants)
- Analysis description: ICP, ICP-MS, GF AAS (metals), GC/MS (organic contaminants), Institutes, FEI and National Public Health Institute
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
- Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?
UNEP GEMS Water Quality network