Abstract

Environmental monitoring is essential for assessing the impact of human activities on the environment. Monitoring data are used to ascertain that environmental standards are met, to inform policy making, to determine trends, and to provide parameterization data for prediction models. The design of monitoring programs depends on what is being monitored, for what purpose, and available resources. Here we describe the strategy and design of the Swedish environmental monitoring program for chemical pesticides in surface waters and provide data generated within this program since 2002 (www.slu.se/en/pesticide_monitoring). We include examples of how the data can be used for toxicity assessments, trend analyses, and comparison between sampling strategies. Our goal is to increase awareness of this dataset and provide detailed information about the data so that it may be incorporated into meta-analytical research, comparison studies, model validation, and other scientific efforts.

Keywords

environmental monitoring; monitoring data; surface waters; Sweden; chemical pesticides; long-term sampling

Published in

Journal of Environmental Quality
2019, Volume: 48, number: 4, pages: 1109-1119

SLU Authors

• Boye, Kristin

  • Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Lindström, Bodil

  • Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Boström, Gustaf

  • Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Kreuger, Jenny

  • Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Associated SLU-program

Non-toxic environment
SLU Plant Protection Network


Sustainable Development Goals

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns


UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2019.02.0056

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/101038