• Berlin statement on legacy and emerging contaminants in polar regions 

      Ebinghaus, Ralf; Barbaro, Elena; Bengtson Nash, Susan; de Avila, Cristina; De Wit, Cynthia A.; Dulio, Valeria; Felden, Janine; Franco, Antonio; Gandrass, Jürgen; Grotti, Marco; Herata, Heike; Hughes, Kevin A.; Jartun, Morten; Joerss, Hanna; Kallenborn, Roland; Koschorrek, Jan; Küster, Anette; Lohmann, Rainer; Wang, Zhanyun; MacLeod, Matthew; Pugh, Rbecca; Rauert, Caren; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Sühring, Roxanna; Vorkamp, Katrin; Xie, Zhiyong (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Polar regions should be given greater consideration with respect to the monitoring, risk assessment, and management of potentially harmful chemicals, consistent with the requirements of the precautionary principle. Protecting ...
    • Bypass of Booming Inputs of Urban and Sludge-Derived Microplastics in a Large Nordic Lake 

      Clayer, Francois; Jartun, Morten; Buenaventura, Nina T; Guerrero, Jose-Luis; Lusher, Amy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Microplastic research, initially focusing on marine environments, left freshwater ecosystems largely unexplored. Freshwaters are also vulnerable to microplastics and are likely the largest microplastic supplier to the ...
    • Effect of pooled sampling in the MILFERSK program 

      Hjermann, Dag Øystein; Økelsrud, Asle; Jartun, Morten (NIVA-rapport;7925-2024, Research report, 2024)
      The MILFERSK monitoring program is studying the occurrence and biomagnification of contaminants in freshwater ecosystems, mainly Lake Mjøsa. For the last 10 years, individual samples of muscle and liver from brown trout ...
    • Effect-Directed Analysis Based on Transthyretin Binding Activity of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in a Contaminated Sediment Extract 

      Langberg, Håkon A.; Choyke, Sarah; Hale, Sarah E.; Koekkoek, Jacco; Cenijn, Peter H.; Lamoree, Marja H.; Rundberget, Thomas; Jartun, Morten; Breedveld, Gijs D.; Jenssen, Bjørn M.; Higgins, Christopher P.; Hamers, Timo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Only a fraction of the total number of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are monitored on a routine basis using targeted chemical analyses. We report on an approach toward identifying bioactive substances in ...
    • Environmental Contaminants in an Urban Fjord, 2020 

      Grung, Merete; Jartun, Morten; Bæk, Kine; Ruus, Anders; Rundberget, Thomas; Allan, Ian; Beylich, Bjørnar; Vogelsang, Christian; Schlabach, Martin; Hanssen, Linda; Borgå, Katrine; Helberg, Morten (NIVA-rapport;7674, Research report, 2021)
      This programme, “Environmental Contaminants in an Urban Fjord” has covered sampling and analyses of sediment and organisms in a marine food web of the Inner Oslofjord, in addition to samples of blood and eggs from herring ...
    • Environmental Contaminants in an Urban Fjord, 2021 

      Ruus, Anders; Grung, Merete; Jartun, Morten; Bæk, Kine; Rundberget, Thomas; Vogelsang, Christian; Beylich, Bjørnar; Lund, Espen; Allan, Ian; Schlabach, Martin; Hansen, Linda; Enge, Ellen Katrin (NIVA-rapport;7762-2022, Research report, 2022)
      This report presents data from the first year of a new 5-year period of the Urban Fjord programme. The programme started in 2013 and has since been altered/advanced. In 2021 the programme covers sampling and analyses of ...
    • Environmental Contaminants in an Urban Fjord, 2022 

      Ruus, Anders; Grung, Merete; Jartun, Morten; Bæk, Kine; Rundberget, Thomas; Beylich, Bjørnar; Hanssen, Linda; Borgå, Katrine; Helberg, Morten (NIVA-rapport;7873-2033, Research report, 2023)
      This report presents data from the second year of a new 5-year period of the Urban Fjord programme. The programme started in 2013 and has since been altered/advanced. In 2022 the programme covers sampling and analyses of ...
    • Environmental contaminants in freshwater food webs, 2021 

      Jartun, Morten; Økelsrud, Asle; Bæk, Kine; Ruus, Anders; Rundberget, Thomas; Vogelsang, Christian; Jenssen, Marthe Torunn Solhaug; Lund, Espen; Grung, Merete; Øxnevad, Sigurd; Enge, Ellen Katrin; Schlabach, Martin; Hanssen, Linda; Johansen, Ingar (NIVA-rapport;7794-2022, Research report, 2022)
      This report presents monitoring data from freshwater food webs and abiotic samples from Lake Mjøsa and Femunden within the Milfersk programme. Studies and monitoring of legacy and emerging contaminants have been carried ...
    • Fluorinated Precursor Compounds in Sediments as a Source of Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids (PFAA) to Biota 

      Langberg, Håkon Austad; Breedveld, Gijs D.; Slinde, Gøril Aasen; Grønning, Hege Mentzoni; Høisæter, Åse; Jartun, Morten; Rundberget, Thomas; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Hale, Sarah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The environmental behavior of perfluorinated alkyl acids (PFAA) and their precursors was investigated in lake Tyrifjorden, downstream a factory producing paper products coated with per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances ...
    • Freshwater microplastics in Norway: A first look at sediment, biota and historical plankton samples from Lake Mjøsa and Lake Femunden 

      Lusher, Amy; Buenaventura, Nina Tuscano; Eidsvoll, David; Thrane, Jan-Erik; Økelsrud, Asle; Jartun, Morten (NIVA-rapport;7326, Research report, 2018)
      The Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet) tasked NIVA to investigate the presence of microplastics in one of Norway’s largest freshwater ecosystems, Lake Mjøsa, using monitoring methods which have been recently ...
    • Kartlegging av miljøgifter i fisk i vannforekomsten Nedre Nitelva 

      Økelsrud, Asle; Jartun, Morten; Øxnevad, Sigurd; Lund, Espen; Jenssen, Marthe Torunn Solhaug; Bæk, Kine (NIVA-rapport;7566, Research report, 2020)
      Konsentrasjoner av utvalgte miljøgifter er undersøkt i åtte forskjellige fiskearter i Nedre Nitelva. Fisk ble fanget ved to ulike stasjoner, en i den øvre og en i den nedre delen av vannforekomsten i august 2020. Det ble ...
    • Monitoring of environmental contaminants in freshwater ecosystems 2018 – Occurrence and biomagnification 

      Jartun, Morten; Økelsrud, Asle; Rundberget, Thomas; Enge, Ellen Katrin; Rostkowski, Pawel; Warner, Nicholas Alexander; Harju, Mikael; Johansen, Ingar (NIVA-rapport;7397, Research report, 2019)
      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 ...
    • Monitoring of environmental contaminants in freshwater ecosystems 2019 – Occurrence and biomagnification 

      Jartun, Morten; Økelsrud, Asle; Rundberget, Thomas; Bæk, Kine; Enge, Ellen Katrin; Halse, Anne Karine; Götsch, Arntraut; Harju, Mikael; Johansen, Ingar (NIVA-rapport;7545, Research report, 2020)
      This program, «Monitoring of environmental contaminants in freshwater ecosystems and single species in large Norwegian lakes”, has covered sampling and determination of environmental contaminants by analyses of organisms ...
    • Monitoring of environmental contaminants in freshwater ecosystems 2020 – Occurrence and biomagnification 

      Jartun, Morten; Økelsrud, Asle; Kildahl, Henriette; Øxnevad, Sigurd; Rundberget, Thomas; Bæk, Kine; Enge, Ellen Katrin; Halse, Anne Karine; Hanssen, Linda; Harju, Mikael; Johansen, Ingar (NIVA-rapport;7653, Research report, 2021)
      This program, «Monitoring of environmental contaminants in freshwater ecosystems and single species in large Norwegian lakes”, has covered sampling and determination of environmental contaminants by analyses of organisms ...
    • Monitoring of environmental contaminants in freshwater food webs (MILFERSK) 2022 

      Jartun, Morten; Økelsrud, Asle; Bæk, Kine; Rundberget, Thomas; Øxnevad, Sigurd; Ruus, Anders; Grung, Merete; Enge, Ellen Katrin; Hanssen, Linda; Harju, Mikael; Johansen, Ingar (NIVA-rapport;7875-2023, Research report, 2023)
      Samples of a benthic food chain in Lake Mjøsa have been collected, and the concentrations of emerging contaminants such as Siloxanes, PFAS, UV-compounds, Quaternary Ammonium Compounds, Musks, Benzothiazoles and Chlorinated ...
    • Overvannsavrenning av miljøgifter i Kristiansand by og elementer i et forurensningsregnskap for Østre havn 

      Hindar, Atle; Schøyen, Merete; Jartun, Morten; Ranneklev, Sissel B. (NIVA-rapport;7173, Research report, 2017)
      Kristiansandsfjorden mottar forurensning fra mange og svært ulike kilder. Den kjemiske tilstanden er klassifisert som ikke god i henhold til vannforskriften. Det er et mål å forbedre tilstanden basert på mer kunnskap om ...
    • Paper product production identified as the main source of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a Norwegian lake: Source and historic emission tracking 

      Langberg, Håkon Austad; Arp, Hans Peter; Breedveld, Gijs D.; Slinde, Gøril Aasen; Høisæter, Åse; Grønning, Hege Mentzoni; Jartun, Morten; Rundberget, Thomas; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Hale, Sarah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The entirety of the sediment bed in lake Tyrifjorden, Norway, is contaminated by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). A factory producing paper products and a fire station were investigated as possible sources. Fire ...
    • A review of PFAS fingerprints in fish from Norwegian freshwater bodies subject to different source inputs 

      Langberg, Håkon A.; Hale, Sarah; Breedveld, Gijs D.; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Jartun, Morten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The extensive use of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) has resulted in many environmental point and diffuse sources. Identifying the source responsible for a pollution hot spot is vital for assessing remediation ...
    • Using environmental monitoring data from apex predators for chemicals management: towards better use of monitoring data from apex predators in support of prioritisation and risk assessment of chemicals in Europe 

      Treu, Gabriele; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Alygizakis, Nikiforos; Badry, Alexander; Bunke, Dirk; Cincinelli, Alessandra; Claßen, Daniela; Dekker, Rene W. R. J.; Göckener, Bernd; Gkotsis, Georgios; Hanke, Georg; Duke, Guy; Jartun, Morten; Movalli, Paola; Nika, Maria-Christina; Rüdel, Heinz; Tarazona, Jose V.; Thomaidis, Nikolaos S.; Tornero, Victoria; Vorkamp, Katrin; Walker, Lee A.; Koschorreck, Jan; Dulio, Valeria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      A large number of apex predator samples are available in European research collections, environmental specimen banks and natural history museums that could be used in chemical monitoring and regulation. Apex predators ...
    • Utslipp av overvann fra Eramet Norway i Kvinesdal 

      Ranneklev, Sissel Brit; Jartun, Morten (NIVA-rapport;7072, Research report, 2016)
      Massetransport fra ENK via overvann ble beregnet til å være: Mn, 0,8 tonn kg/år; Zn, 16 kg/år; Pb, 0,5 kg/år; Cd, 0,4 kg/år; As, 9 kg/år; Ni, 5 kg/år; Hg, 0,02 kg/år; Cu, 16 kg/år; Cr, 2 kg/år; SS, 71 tonn/år og 18 kg/år ...