Lochnagar: The Natural History of a Mountain Lake

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rose, Neil L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, 12
• Subjects: Environment.; Climatology.; Paleontology.; Hydrogeology.; Aquatic ecology.; Climate change.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Climate Change.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

Previous volumes in this ‘Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research’ (DPER) series have focussed on providing in-depth descriptions of palaeoenvironmental techniques or have described the applications of these approaches on various regional bases. The former of these now provide an invaluable seri...

Table of Contents:

• The Environmental Landscape of Lochnagar
• Geology of Lochnagar and Surrounding Region
• The Shaping of Lochnagar: Pre-Glacial, Glacial and Post-Glacial Processes
• Lochnagar Water-Temperatures, Climate and Weather
• The Development, Distribution and Properties of Soils in the Lochnagar Catchment and Their Influence on Soil Water Chemistry
• Flora and Vegetation of Lochnagar – Past, Present, and Future
• The Contemporary Physical and Biological Status of Lochnagar
• The Sediments Of Lochnagar: Distribution, Accumulation and Composition
• Hydrology and Hydrochemistry of Lochnagar
• The Aquatic Flora of Lochnagar
• Pattern And Process In The Lochnagar Food Web
• Brown Trout in Lochnagar: Population and Contamination by Metals and Organic Micropollutants
• Anthropogenic Impacts from Atmospheric Pollutant Deposition
• National, International and Global Sources of Contamination at Lochnagar
• Acidification of Lochnagar and Prospects for Recovery
• Trace Metals in the Catchment, Loch and Sediments of Lochnagar: Measurements and Modelling
• Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Sediments of Lochnagar
• Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Spheroidal Carbonaceous Particles (Scps) in Sediments, Soils and Deposition at Lochnagar
• Future impacts
• Future Climate Predictions for Lochnagar
• Past and Future Environmental Change at Lochnagar and the Impacts of a Changing Climate
• An introduction to Lochnagar
• An Introduction to Lochnagar
• Physical Characteristics of Lochnagar.