Paris Convention. Annual report on direct and riverine inputs to Norwegian coastal waters during the year 1991. B. Data report

Abstract

This report contains data from the 1991 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 lindane) to Norwegian coastal waters. Runoff from about 75 per cent of the main land areas, and 94 per cent og the Skagerrak region, has been monitored. Discharges from areas not covered by the river monitoring stations, are estimated by use of specific activity- and runoff coeffisients.