The Ecology of Scotland’s Largest Lochs -

The Ecology of Scotland’s Largest Lochs

Lomond, Awe, Ness, Morar and Shiel

Peter S. Maitland (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
297 Seiten
2013 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-009-8637-4 (ISBN)
160,49 inkl. MwSt
Scotland is fortunate in being very richly endowed with natural fresh waters in the form of numerous lochs and rivers. These four then are certainly among the largest lochs in the country, but close to them in size come several other large waters, among which is Loch Shiel- which is exceeded in length only by Lochs Awe, Ness and Lomond.
Scotland is fortunate in being very richly endowed with natural fresh waters in the form of numerous lochs and rivers. These constitute on the one hand an attractive feature of the landscape and on the other a major resource for industry and recreation. Thus there are about 3800 lochs over4 ha in area and these form approximately 1.0% of the total surface area of Scotland. Com­ parable figures for England and Wales are 1700 lakes and 0.05% of the land surface, and in terms of volume. Loch Ness contains more water than all the lakes and reservoirs in England and Wales put together (Smith & Lyle 1979). Many of the Scottish lochs are large and clean and consequently are particularly valuable in resource terms. The decision as to which are actually the largest lochs is debatable, particularly when the main criteria of greatest surface area, length, volume and depth each gives a different water (Lochs Lomond. Awe, Ness and Morar respectively). These four then are certainly among the largest lochs in the country, but close to them in size come several other large waters, among which is Loch Shiel- which is exceeded in length only by Lochs Awe, Ness and Lomond. These five very large lochs (Frontis­ piece) form the group of waters selected for the comparative studies described in this volume.

1. Introduction and catchment analysis.- 2. Comparative physical limnology.- 3. Chemical characterisation. A one-year comparative study.- 4. The phytoplankton.- 5. A review of macrophyte studies.- 6. The crustacean zooplankton.- 7. The littoral zoobenthos.- 8. The profundal zoobenthos.- 9. The fish and fisheries.- 10. Comparisons and synthesis.

Reihe/Serie Monographiae Biologicae ; 44
Zusatzinfo 1 Illustrations, color; 62 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 297 p. 63 illus., 1 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Dordrecht
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10 94-009-8637-8 / 9400986378
ISBN-13 978-94-009-8637-4 / 9789400986374
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