Lough Neagh The Ecology of a Multipurpose Water Resource
Lough Neagh is the largest lake in the British Isles. It covers an area of 383 km2 being 30 km along its longest axis. From pre-historic times the lake and its rivers influenced the settlements of man in the role of a fishery and communication link with the interior of Ireland. Ireland's first...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1993, 1993
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1993 |
| Series: | Monographiae Biologicae
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Lough Neagh as a multipurpose resource
- 2. Geology, hydrology and land-use of Lough Neagh and its catchment
- 3. The Morphology, hydrodynamics and sedimentation in Lough Neagh
- 4. The optical properties of Lough Neagh
- 5. The major ion chemistry of Lough Neagh
- 6. Human settlement and economy of the Lough Neagh basin
- 7. The recent sediments of Lough Neagh, Part A: Structure, stratigraphy and geochronology
- 7. The recent sediments of Lough Neagh, Part B: Diatom and chironomid analysis
- 8. Phosphorus and nitrogen loadings to Lough Neagh and their management
- 9. Nutrient cycles in Lough Neagh
- 10. The phytoplankton populations of Lough Neagh
- 11. Planktonic primary production in Lough Neagh
- 12. Benthic algae in Lough Neagh
- 13. Pysiological ecology of Lough Neagh phytoplankton
- 14. The seasonal succession of the zooplankton of Lough Neagh
- 15. Some observations on the populations of Mysis relicta in Lough Neagh
- 16. The macroinvertebrate fauna of Lough Neagh
- 17. Heterotrophic micro-organisms in the water column and sediments of Lough Neagh
- 18. The fish of Lough Neagh, Part A: A historical and taxonomic perspective of the fish fauna of Lough Neagh
- 18. The fish of Lough Neagh, Part B: Investigations on salmon (Salmo salor L.) and eels (Anguilla anguilla L.) in the River Lower Bann
- 18. The fish of Lough Neagh, Part C: Investigations on brown trout (Salmo trutta L.)
- 18. The fish of Lough Neagh, Part D: Investigations on pollan (Coregonus autumnalis pollan Thompson)
- 18. The fish of Lough Neagh, Part E: Ecological studies of the fish community
- 19. The vegetation of Lough Neagh wetlands
- 20. The birds of Lough Neagh and Lough Beg
- 21. Lough Neagh into the twenty-first century
- Taxonomic/biological index
- General index