First Meeting of the Expert Group on Heavy Metals under the Convention on LRTAP / WGSR, 20 – 21 March 2003, Geneva International Working Groups on Critical Limits and Transfer Functions for Heavy Metals Calculation and Mapping of Critical Loads of Heavy Metals (Pb, Cd, Hg) in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems • Status June 2002: Results of the first European mapping exercise (CCE/EMEP MSC-East) RIVM Report 259101011, see www.rivm.nl/cce • Status December 2002: Expert Meeting, 2 – 4 December 2002, in Berlin, Minutes see www.icp.mapping.org Gudrun Schütze OEKO-DATA
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First Meeting of the Expert Group on Heavy Metals under the Convention on LRTAP / WGSR,
20 – 21 March 2003, Geneva
International Working Groups on Critical Limits and Transfer Functions for Heavy Metals
Calculation and Mapping of Critical Loads of
Heavy Metals (Pb, Cd, Hg)
in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems
• Status June 2002: Results of the first European mapping exercise (CCE/EMEP MSC-East) RIVM Report 259101011, see www.rivm.nl/cce
• Status December 2002: Expert Meeting, 2 – 4 December 2002, in Berlin, Minutes see www.icp.mapping.org
Soil micro-organisms total metal concentration 8 0.8Plants in soil solution [µg l-1]
Soil fauna (invertebrates) reactive metal content in 30 0.9soil [mg kg-1]
Aquatic (freshwater ecosystems):
Receptor Pathway Pb Cd
Algae total dissolved 11 0.3Crustacea metal concentrations [µg l-1]
Fish
First Meeting of the Expert Group on Heavy Metals under the Convention on LRTAP / WGSR,
20 – 21 March 2003, Geneva
International Working Groups on Critical Limits and Transfer Functions for Heavy Metals
Transfer functions
are needed to transform metal contents/concentrations related to different extraction methods, e.g.
best description of most effects – free ion activity effects data (waters) – total dissolved concentrationeffects data (soil) – total content, added amountsmetal leaching from soil – total concentration in soil solutionavailable soil data – total content, aqua regia, reactive content
Status June 2002:
Terrestrial ecosystems: Set of transfer functions, based on data of the almost entire spectrum of soils from The Netherlands
Aquatic ecosystems: Transfer functions to distinguish total concentration from total dissolved concentration (considering suspendedparticles)
First Meeting of the Expert Group on Heavy Metals under the Convention on LRTAP / WGSR,
20 – 21 March 2003, Geneva
International Working Groups on Critical Limits and Transfer Functions for Heavy Metals
Computation methods (Cd and Pb):
First Meeting of the Expert Group on Heavy Metals under the Convention on LRTAP / WGSR,
20 – 21 March 2003, Geneva
International Working Groups on Critical Limits and Transfer Functions for Heavy Metals
Critical load models, based on critical limits
Stand-still model, based on present metal contents/concentrations
Steady state mass balance models
Status June 2002 – Pb and Cd:
Critical Limits,
Transfer functions,
Computation methods,
How to gather input data
Limitations
Results of preliminary European mapping:
Critical loads (Do not quote!)
Emissions / total deposition
Exceedance (Do not quote!)
Recommendations for work
First Meeting of the Expert Group on Heavy Metals under the Convention on LRTAP / WGSR,
20 – 21 March 2003, Geneva
International Working Groups on Critical Limits and Transfer Functions for Heavy Metals
Guidance for the calculation of critical coads for cadmium and lead in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems (De Vries et al. 2001)
CCE / EMEP MSC-E:
Preliminary modelling and mapping of critical loads for cadmium and lead in Europe (Hettelingh et al. 2002)
The following pages are an extract
from the presentation
of J.-P. Hettelingh (Chair of CCE)
to the WGSR in September 2002
Please note that according to the agreements of the Meeting in Berlin, Dec. 2002, the Stand-still Loads (SSL) are not distinguished anymore within
Critical Loads mapping, but can become part of a next stage, involving dynamic modelling
11 countries submitted preliminary data
• Bulgaria (CL and SSL)
• Belarus (CL)
• Czech Republic (CL and SSL)
• Germany (CLs and SSL)
• Italy (SSL based on a ‘semi-dynamic’ approach)
• The Netherlands (CL and SSL)
• Russia (CL)
• Slovakia (CL and SSL)
• Switzerland ( CL)
• Ukraine (CL)
• United Kingdom (CL and SSL)
6 countries expressed need for further work
• Austria
• Belgium (Flanders)
• Finland
• France
• Sweden
• Norway
CL cadmium SSL cadmium
EMEP 50x50 grid cells with Critical Loads (CL) and Stand Still Loads (SSL) for cadmium,
protecting 95% of the ecosystems
PRELIMINARY MAPS
CL lead SSL lead
EMEP 50x50 grid cells with Critical Loads (CL) and Stand Still Loads (SSL) for lead,
protecting 95% of the ecosystems
PRELIMINARY MAPS
Average deposition minus critical critical loads for Cd and Pb in 2010
Deposition minus forest critical loads for Pb in 2010
Using average deposition Using conifer dependent deposition
12th CCE Workshop and 18th Task Force on Modelling and Mapping: Selected recommendations for further work:
• Review total metal inputs,
• Identify, where the stand-still approach might be more appropriate than an effects-based approach