ICP Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystems -

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ICP Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution
Effects on Ecosystems - ICP IM Activities
Priorities Lars Lundin, chairman
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ICP Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution
Effects on Ecosystems
Monitor state and changes with causative
explanations Develop and validate models Detect
changes by biomonitoring Ecosystem
investigation Cause-effect approach Cross-media
flux approach
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The Integrated IM
Catchment approach Budget calculations Process
oriented
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IM catchment with focus on soil and vegetation
Soil physical and chemical characteristics
determined for the soils Included also in the EC
BioSoil project (SE IM) Repeated determinations
of soil chemistry Potential respiration
determined
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TF 15 countries Data 17 countries 4 missing 50
sites 43 active
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Four Swedish IM sites Gårdsjön, Aneboda, Kindla,
Gammtratten Further research sites but not with
as comprehensive programme Meteorology, Air
chemistry, precipitation chemistry, throughfall,
algae, epiphytes, foliage and litterfall
chemistry, forest, tree biomass, ground
vegetation, microbial decomposition, soil
chemistry, soil water, groundwater and runoff
chemistry.
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ICP Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution
Effects on Ecosystems IM Task Force meetings
annually Workshop Task Force 52
participants Excursion 15 countries
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IM programme
Maintaining IM site activities Harmonisation of
the network Network improvements Updating the
database Annual report Task Force Co-operation
with other ICPs Continuing scientific work
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Priorities Heavy metals Dynamic
modelling Nitrogen loads and effects Ground
vegetation indicator modelling Budgets and trends
in S, N, H and BC Air Pollution and climate
interactions
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Reports prepared ICP IM 16th Annual Report
2007 Update on heavy metals Nitrogen fluxes and
C/N interactions AMAP - Acidification in the
Arctic Chemical and biological
responses presented separately
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Heavy metal flows in IM sites
Soil humus layer Pb and Cd decrease but Hg not
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Cumulative N deposition versus C/N ratio in soil
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The IM sites are suitable for the development of
the SoilCritZone project IM sites contribute to
soil monitoring development It provides Data
to develop model for soil life cycle
analysis Promote soil sustainability in
Europe Underpin thematic soil strategy for a
European Soil directive
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Relevant links for further information http//inf
o1.ma.slu.se/IM/IMeng.html http//www.environment
.fi/default.asp?contentid17110lanEN http//www
.unece.org/env/lrtap/WorkingGroups/wge/welcome.htm
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