Challenges of spatially extrapolating aquatic pesticide pollution for policy evaluation

Methods Comparison for Detecting Trends in Herbicide Monitoring Time-Series in Streams

“…Finally, our study helps set realistic expectations for national water quality monitoring programs. For instance, the Swiss National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Program (NAWA TREND) consists of multiple monitoring sites draining watersheds (>21) ranging from 2.0 km 2 to ∼28,000 km 2 (Fabre et al, 2023). Thus, the scales of the catchments presented in our study represent scales at both ends of the spectrum.…”