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Lough Neagh

The Ecology of a Multipurpose Water Resource

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Editors:
  1. R. B. Wood

    1. Freshwater Laboratory, University of Ulster, Ballyronan, Magherafelt, Co Derry, Northern Ireland

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  2. R. V. Smith

    1. Aquatic Sciences Research Division, Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae (MOBI, volume 69)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction: Lough Neagh as a multipurpose resource

    • R. B. Wood
    Pages 1-9

  3. Geology, hydrology and land-use of Lough Neagh and its catchment

    • R. W. G. Carter
    Pages 11-33

  4. The morphology, hydrodynamics and sedimentation processes of Lough Neagh

    • R. W. G. Carter
    Pages 35-57

  5. The optical properties of Lough Neagh

    • D. H. Jewson
    Pages 59-73

  6. The major ion chemistry of Lough Neagh

    • B. Rippey
    Pages 75-90

  7. Human settlement and economy of the Lough Neagh basin

    • P. C. Woodman, N. C. Mitchel
    Pages 91-111

  8. The recent sediments of Lough Neagh

    • R. W. Battarbee, R. J. Flower
    Pages 113-132

  9. The recent sediments of Lough Neagh

    • R. W. Battarbee, C. Carter
    Pages 133-147

  10. Phosphorus and nitrogen loadings to Lough Neagh and their management

    • R. V. Smith
    Pages 149-169

  11. Nutrient cycles in Lough Neagh

    • C. E. Gibson, D. A. Stewart
    Pages 171-201

  12. The phytoplankton populations of Lough Neagh

    • C. E. Gibson
    Pages 203-223

  13. Planktonic primary production in Lough Neagh

    • D. H. Jewson
    Pages 225-237

  14. Benthic algae in Lough Neagh

    • D. H. Jewson, M. Briggs
    Pages 239-243

  15. Physiological ecology of Lough Neagh phytoplankton

    • R. H. Foy, R. V. Smith
    Pages 245-279

  16. The seasonal succession of the zooplankton of Lough Neagh, 1968–1978

    • A. G. Fitzsimons, T. E. Andrew
    Pages 281-326

  17. Some observations on the populations of Mysis relicta in Lough Neagh

    • T. E. Andrew, E. Woodward
    Pages 327-338

  18. The macroinvertebrate fauna of Lough Neagh

    • C. E. Carter, P. M. Murphy
    Pages 339-367

  19. Heterotrophic micro-organisms in the water column and sediments of Lough Neagh

    • J. P. Quinn
    Pages 369-380

  20. The fish of Lough Neagh

    • G. J. A. Kennedy, K. U. Vickers
    Pages 381-395
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About this book

Lough Neagh is the largest lake in the British Isles. It covers an area of 383 km2 being 30 km along its longest axis. From pre-historic times the lake and its rivers influenced the settlements of man in the role of a fishery and communication link with the interior of Ireland. Ireland's first canal, completed in 1787, linked the small but significant coal deposits of Tyrone to Dublin by way of the lough and later the Lagen Canal became an important commercial route to the new city of Belfast.
Today, only sand barge transport persists but the lough supports Europe's largest eel fishery and provides commercial salmon, trout and perch catches, besides acting as an important centre for recreational pursuits. Increasingly it has become the major water resource for Northern Ireland supplying much of the demand for the heavily populated Belfast area.
Biologically the lough is rich, sustaining enormous invertebrate populations of, for example, chironomids and gammarids alongside the comparatively exotic glacial relict, Mysis relicta. Its bird life makes the lough an area of very special conservation interest as a Ramsar site.
The book describes the basic ecology of the lough with particular emphasis on both the interaction of the physical, chemical and biological components and the role of ecology in resource management. Extensive recent researches are set in geological, geographical and historical context and together with palaeolimnological studies of the sediments are used to trace major changes in the ecology of the lough under man's influence, especially in the past 100 years.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Freshwater Laboratory, University of Ulster, Ballyronan, Magherafelt, Co Derry, Northern Ireland

    R. B. Wood

  • Aquatic Sciences Research Division, Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland

    R. V. Smith

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lough Neagh

  • Book Subtitle: The Ecology of a Multipurpose Water Resource

  • Editors: R. B. Wood, R. V. Smith

  • Series Title: Monographiae Biologicae

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2117-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2112-5Published: 30 September 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4236-1Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2117-2Published: 18 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0077-0639

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1729

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 532

  • Topics: Applied Ecology, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Ecology, Nature Conservation

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