Monitoring of environmental contaminants in freshwater ecosystems 2018 – Occurrence and biomagnification

Report

Year of publication: 2019
External websites: Cristin; Arkiv
Involved from NIVA: Asle Økelsrud; Jan Thomas Rundberget; Morten Jartun
Contributors: Morten Jartun, Asle Økelsrud, Thomas Rundberget, Ellen Katrin Enge, Pawel Rostkowski, Nicholas Alexander Warner, Mikael Harju, Ingar Johansen

Summary

This report studies the distribution and fate of contaminants such as mercury (Hg), cyclic volatile methylated siloxanes (cVMS: D4, D5, D6), brominated flame retardants (BFR, PBDEs), alkylphenols, organic phosphorous flame retardants (oPFR), poly- and perfluorated alkyl substances (PFAS), new brominated flame retardants (nBFR) and UV-chemicals. Samples of the pelagic food web of Lake Mjøsa (zooplankton, Mysis, vendace, European smelt and brown trout) and the top predator brown trout in Lake Femunden are studied. Results are compared to environmental quality standards (EQS) and the time trends for major contaminants are studied.