Loch Leven: 40 years of scientific research Understanding the links between pollution, climate change and ecological response /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: May, Linda (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Spears, Bryan M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Σειρά: Developments in Hydrobiology ; 218
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Climate change.; Biodiversity.; Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

Shallow lakes are important for their amenity value and the ecosystem services that they support. However, many are located in areas of high population density and intensive farming activity. As such, they are subject to many stressors, including eutrophication and climate change. This book examines...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• A history of scientific research at Loch Leven, Kinross, Scotland
• Historical changes (1905–2005) in external phosphorus loads to Loch Leven, Scotland, UK
• Long-term variation and regulation of internal phosphorus loading in Loch Leven
• Water quality of Loch Leven
• Changes in aquatic macrophyte communities in Loch Leven
• Long-term trends in Loch Leven invertebrate communities
• Changes in the fish community of Loch Leven
• Long-term variations in waterfowl populations in Loch Leven
• Modelling the response of phytoplankton in a shallow lake (Loch Leven, UK) to changes in lake retention time and water temperature
• Managing ecosystem services at Loch Leven, Scotland, UK.