Additional data on the Aquatic environment may be found at the datahost for agricultural areas at the Department of Soil and Environment. These data includes water chemistry and pesticides from agricultural areas.

The monitoring of fish populations is done by the Department of Aquatic Resources. The fish monitoring data is presently found at the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management.

The Swedish marine environment is severely affected by a series of environmental issues. A severe impact is the approx. 85 million people that lives in the catchment area. Intensive farming, heavy industries, and traffic, as well as large cities are causing problems with nutrients and hazardous substances that eventually end up in the marine environment. This results in problems as eutrophication and other damage on important habitats.

The monitoring of the Swedish riverine load of nutrients and other substances to the Sea has been at place for about four decades. At the present, the monitoring is performed within the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management programme for large rivers.

Water chemistry within the assessment of effects from liming against acidification

Integrated monitoring (IM)

• Water chemistry
• Vegetation cover