PMID- 11878029
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20020821
LR  - 20190515
IS  - 0044-7447 (Print)
IS  - 0044-7447 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 8
DP  - 2001 Dec
TI  - Monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs): examples from Lake Vattern, 
      Sweden.
PG  - 545-51
AB  - Lake Vattern in southern Sweden is a large oligotrophic lake with high surface to 
      catchment area ratio (ca. 0.4) and a water residence time of 60 years. The lake 
      combines sensitivity to atmospheric POP-pollution with general susceptibility for 
      effects of POPs and slow concentration decline. Time series, from the 1960s until 
      1996, of PCBs and DDT in fish and data on TCDD in sediment of L. Vattern are 
      presented and compared to other large lakes. The long time dataset of POPs in 
      Arctic char (Salvelinus salvelinus) shows a significant annual decline of about 
      5% for PCBs and 13% for DDT. These rates are in agreement with other studies. 
      Nutrients as well as biological effects and factors affecting the fate of POPs in 
      oligotrophic lakes with long residence times are discussed. We propose that 
      oligotrophic clear lakes are important ecosystems for monitoring POPs in biota.
FAU - Lindell, M J
AU  - Lindell MJ
AD  - Lake Vattern Society for Water Conservation, County Administrative Board, SE-551 
      86 Jonkoping, Sweden. mans.lindell@f.lst.se
FAU - Bremle, G
AU  - Bremle G
FAU - Broberg, O
AU  - Broberg O
FAU - Larsson, P
AU  - Larsson P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Sweden
TA  - Ambio
JT  - Ambio
JID - 0364220
RN  - 0 (Insecticides)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Ecosystem
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Fishes
MH  - Fresh Water/*chemistry
MH  - Geologic Sediments/chemistry
MH  - Insecticides/poisoning
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*analysis
MH  - Sweden
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
MH  - Water Pollution/*prevention & control
EDAT- 2002/03/07 10:00
MHDA- 2002/08/22 10:01
CRDT- 2002/03/07 10:00
PHST- 2002/03/07 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/08/22 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2002/03/07 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1579/0044-7447-30.8.545 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ambio. 2001 Dec;30(8):545-51. doi: 10.1579/0044-7447-30.8.545.