title: The Swedish Environmental Specimen Bank with reference to the National Contaminant Monitoring Programme in Sweden.
abstract: The environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) at the Swedish Museum of Natural History constitutes the base for the National Contaminant Monitoring Programme in Sweden. This is a part of the Swedish Environmental Monitoring Programme (PMK). Since the beginning of the 1960s more than 120,000 organisms have been collected and stored in the Swedish ESB. The present PMK-programme started in 1978 under the authority of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. The present paper gives a brief presentation of main types of material and species annually collected for storage in the Swedish ESB, with special reference to the Contaminant Monitoring Programme.
authors.affiliation: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Contaminant Monitoring Group, Stockholm.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Odsjö
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D005399:Fishes; D005618:Fresh Water; D006077:Government Agencies; D008322:Mammals; D009144:Museums; D010575:Pesticides / Q000633:toxicity; D012623:Seawater; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013548:Sweden; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides