Unterhalb Altmühlmündung

The central section of the river Danube in Germany.

Sampling site

Kelheim (km 2404) Only sampling site in the German central course of the river Danube. It forms a bridgehead over the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal to the river Rhine.

Specimen

Zebra mussel Common mussel species as invasive animal in rivers and lakes with high information level for water pollution
Bream Bioindicator in rivers and lakes
Suspended particulate matter Fine insoluble mineral or organic particles in the water phase

Analytes

Metals Eighty percent of all elements on earth are metals
Nonmetals Only eighteen elements in the periodic table
Organometallic compounds Organic substances with at least one metall atom
Chlorohydrocarbons Group of organic compounds with at least one covalently bonded chlorine atom
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Group of organic compounds with at least three condensed six-membered rings
Triclosan Chlorinated aromatic biocide
Supplementary parameters Additional information for the interpretation of contamination data

Sampling period

2002 - 2012