RT Journal Article
T1 Assessing the ecological status of candidate reference lakes in Ireland using palaeolimnology
T2 Palaeolimnology and ecological status
A1 Jordan, Phil
A1 Taylor, David
A1 Dalton, Catherine
A1 Bennion, Helen
A1 Rose, Neil
A1 Irvine, Kenneth
A1 Leira Campos, Antón Manoel
A1 Bennion, Helen
K1 Acidification
K1 Diatoms
K1 Eutrophication
K1 Palaeolimnology
K1 Reference conditions
K1 Sediment chemistry
K1 Water Framework Directive
AB This study provides the first systematic examination of changes to water quality in (perceived) pristine lakes over the last c. 150 years for Ireland, and demonstrates the potential of palaeolimnology to support the implementation of the WFD. The results indicate that diatom communities in low alkalinity lakes have been particularly altered, and acidification and nutrient enrichment appear to have been important drivers for some lakes. Furthermore, higher resolution results call into question the validity of applying c. 1850 as the date for reference conditions across Ireland.
PB British Ecological Society
SN 0021-8901
YR 2006
FD 2006
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32731
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32731
LA eng
NO Leira, M., Jordan, P., Taylor, D., Dalton, C., Bennion, H., Rose, N., & Irvine, K. (2006). Assessing the ecological status of candidate reference lakes in Ireland using palaeolimnology. Journal of applied Ecology, 43(4), 816-827.
NO This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Leira, M., Jordan, P., Taylor, D., Dalton, C., Bennion, H., Rose, N., & Irvine, K. (2006). Assessing the ecological status of candidate reference lakes in Ireland using palaeolimnology. Journal of applied Ecology, 43(4), 816-827, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01174.x.
NO The research presented here was supported by the EPA (project number 2002-W-LS/7). Thanks are due to Jim Bowman of the EPA, Eddie McGee for the 210Pb data from Lough Nambrackkeagh, Sheila McMorrow for assistance with the figures, and to several staff and postgraduate research students from UU Coleraine, Trinity College, University of Dublin and University of Limerick, most notably Richard McFaul and Guangjie Chen, for assistance with fieldwork. Finally, thanks are owed to the numerous landowners who facilitated access to CRL and to the referees of an earlier version of this paper for their very helpful and constructive comments.
DS Minerva
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