Paris Convention. Annual report on direct and riverine inputs to Norwegian coastal waters during the year 1990. Report B: Data report

Abstract

This report contains data from the 1990 monitoring of 155 Norwegian rivers and tributaries in accordance with requirements of the Paris Commission (Parcom): i. e. riverborne inputs of selected substances (nutrients, heavy metals, PCBs and lindance) to Norwegian coastal waters. Runoff from about 75 % of the main areas, and 94 % of the Skagerak region, Has been monitored. Discharges from areas not covered by the river monitoring stations, are estimated by use of specific activity- and runoff coefficients.