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Batch info

Studies and monitoring

LAKE ECOLOGY

Keywords

Micropollutants - Sediment -

Last update

09.11.2021

Time coverage

1970 - 2016

Monitoring micropollutants in Lake Geneva sediments

Monitoring of micropollutants in the sediments of Lake Geneva, carried out since the 1970s for metals and supplemented in 2007 for other compounds: 80 measuring stations for metals, 31 sites for 54 organic micropollutants (PAHs, PCBs, pesticides, etc.) and 5 sites for 24 substances not well documented in Lake Geneva (dioxins, PFOS, brominated flame retardants, etc.).

Data and resources

Metal and organic micropollutants in the surface sediments of Lake Geneva - Report 2017

10-micropollutants-sediments-rs-2017-pdf

Metals and micropollutants in the waters and sediments of Lake Geneva - 2008 Report

camp07-06-metals-and-micropollutants-in-water-1-pdf

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