The Ecology Of Loch Lomond

Author : Kevin J. Murphy,M.C.M Beveridge,R. Tippett
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401107587

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The Ecology of Loch Lomond by Kevin J. Murphy,M.C.M Beveridge,R. Tippett Pdf

Loch Lomond has long held a special place in the hearts of all the people of Scotland not only for its historic significance but also for the beauty of its countryside. Less widely known is the ecological importance of the area. It is the largest stretch of freshwater in Britain and the only loch to be crossed by the Highland Boundary Fault, one of the country's most important geological features. The University of Glasgow has recognized the importance of this loch situated so near the main campus and has operated a field station on its shores since 1948. In the mid-1960s the field station was re-established at Rowardennan as an all-year-round facility with laboratory and living accommodation for resident research workers and visiting field courses. In 1992 a symposium was held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of the new station and this volume presents the proceedings of that symposium and gives the state of the present knowledge of Loch Lomond. After an introduction to Loch Lomond, the papers are divided into three sections. Section I: The physical and chemical environment of Loch Lomond and its catchment. Section II: The biology and ecology of Loch Lomond and its catchment, and Section III: Issues affecting Loch Lomond and its catchment.

Author : Peter S. Maitland
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400986350

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The Ecology of Scotland’s Largest Lochs by Peter S. Maitland Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Breadalbane (Scotland)
ISBN : 185397157X

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Loch Lomond, the Trossachs and Breadalbane by Anonim Pdf

Author : David M. Harper,Bill Brierley,Alastair J.D. Ferguson,Geoff Phillips
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401732826

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The Ecological Bases for Lake and Reservoir Management by David M. Harper,Bill Brierley,Alastair J.D. Ferguson,Geoff Phillips Pdf

The Ecological Bases for Lake and Reservoir Management provides a state-of-the-art review of the range of ecologically-based techniques necessary for the holistic management of lakes and their catchments. Most of the methods, case studies and national policies reviewed are directed towards management of the largest problem - eutrophication - with the emphasis on the multiple-scale approach needed for successful management and restoration. Case studies come from the USA and ten European countries, and range from single lakes through to lake districts and national inventories. Several essays precede the practical chapters with thought-provoking comments on the political, social and economic climate of water management.

Author : John Mitchell
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780007406715

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Loch Lomondside (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 88) by John Mitchell Pdf

Loch Lomondside is celebrated for its outstanding scenery. The area supports a rich tapestry of water and wild land, forest and woodland, farmland and settlement. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com

Author : B.A. Roberts,J. Proctor
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401137225

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The Ecology of Areas with Serpentinized Rocks by B.A. Roberts,J. Proctor Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Ecology
ISBN : OSU:32435020495206

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Ecological Research Series by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Freshwater biology
ISBN : UCAL:$B528572

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Studies on Loch Lomond by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Charles Tobias,Jane Gray Morrison
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783030645267

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On the Nature of Ecological Paradox by Michael Charles Tobias,Jane Gray Morrison Pdf

This work is a large, powerfully illustrated interdisciplinary natural sciences volume, the first of its kind to examine the critically important nature of ecological paradox, through an abundance of lenses: the biological sciences, taxonomy, archaeology, geopolitical history, comparative ethics, literature, philosophy, the history of science, human geography, population ecology, epistemology, anthropology, demographics, and futurism. The ecological paradox suggests that the human biological–and from an insular perspective, successful–struggle to exist has come at the price of isolating H. sapiens from life-sustaining ecosystem services, and far too much of the biodiversity with which we find ourselves at crisis-level odds. It is a paradox dating back thousands of years, implicating millennia of human machinations that have been utterly ruinous to biological baselines. Those metrics are examined from numerous multidisciplinary approaches in this thoroughly original work, which aids readers, particularly natural history students, who aspire to grasp the far-reaching dimensions of the Anthropocene, as it affects every facet of human experience, past, present and future, and the rest of planetary sentience. With a Preface by Dr. Gerald Wayne Clough, former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and President Emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Foreword by Robert Gillespie, President of the non-profit, Population Communication.

Author : W. D. Russell-Hunter
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483276090

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Ecology by W. D. Russell-Hunter Pdf

The Mollusca, Volume 6: Ecology provides an overview of the state of knowledge in molluscan ecology. It is part of a multivolume treatise that covers the fields of biochemistry, physiology, neurobiology, reproduction and development, evolution, ecology, medical aspects, and structure. The Mollusca is intended to serve a range of disciplines: biological, biochemical, paleontological, and medical. As a source of information on the current status of molluscan research, it should prove useful to researchers of the Mollusca and other phyla, as well as to teachers and qualified graduate students. The book contains 15 chapters, arranged into three levels of ecological perspective: (a) distributional studies; (b) physiological ecology and bioenergetics; and (c) population genetics and dynamics. A discussion of the planetary distribution of and ecological constraints upon the mollusca is followed by separate chapters on the life styles and distribution of mollusks on the deep-sea bottom, in mangroves, and on coral reefs; and the trophic and reproductive ecology of those intrinsically fascinating molluscan groups—the nudibranchs and cephalopods. Subsequent chapters present physiological ecology in land snails and in freshwater bivalves, prosobranchs, and pulmonates, with a survey of the techniques of actuarial bioenergetics as applied to nonmarine molluscs. Other chapters cover population dynamics and biology in an introduced pest species, population genetics of marine molluscs, ecogenetics of land snails, and life-cycle pattems throughout the major molluscan taxa.

Author : Gordon Dickinson,Kevin Murphy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134760244

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Ecosystems by Gordon Dickinson,Kevin Murphy Pdf

Ecosystems introduces the basic concepts and processes in the ecosystem and explores its role in solving environmental problems. Examining the development of the ecosystem concept, the book explains how ecosystems function and analyzes the complex interactions between life and its physical environment. Presenting examples from all parts of the world within lively case studies and illustrations, Ecosystems focuses on 'real world' problems and topical and controversial issues, particularly on human impacts on the natural environment, and the consequences of environmental change.

Author : J. S. Rodwell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1998-04-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521627214

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British Plant Communities by J. S. Rodwell Pdf

The first systematic and comprehensive account of the vegetation types of this country.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1296 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Hydrology
ISBN : UOM:39015034738032

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Selected Water Resources Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter Salisbury Maitland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Lake ecology
ISBN : 9061938813

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The Ecology of Scotland's Largest Lochs by Peter Salisbury Maitland Pdf

Author : J. M. Gray,J. J. Lowe
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483155340

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Studies in the Scottish Lateglacial Environment by J. M. Gray,J. J. Lowe Pdf

Studies in the Scottish Lateglacial Environment presents information on environmental reconstructions and dramatic changes, as well as the important implications of studies of the Lateglacial environment for Quaternary studies and modern climatic variations. Composed of 10 chapters, this book begins with a review of the Late Devensian glaciation in north-east Scotland. Then, detailed evidence concerning Lateglacial sea-level changes in the Earn-Tay area and their relationship to deglaciation is presented. Subsequent chapters explore the validity of the Oban-Ford Moraine, the only pre-Loch Lomond Readvance moraine remaining virtually unchallenged in the literature; reconstruction of Lateglacial and early Flandrian environments in south-west Scotland; and the fauna in marine sediments at Lochgilphead. Other chapters describe results of pollen-stratigraphic investigations at six Lateglacial sites in the southern and eastern Grampian Highlands; analyses of biological and chemical variables from sediment profiles from lochs in northern Scotland; and radiocarbon dates that are related to pollen profiles from the Scottish Highlands and the Isle of Skye. This book will be of value to students of Quaternary, as this text provides an integrated survey of available information in this field.