A preliminary classification of lake types in Northern Ireland
The EC Water Framework Directive (WFD) introduces the concept of the ecological status of surface waters. The WFD requires that water bodies within an ecoregion are divided into waterbody "types" or "ecotypes". The waterbody type is determined by physico-chemical descriptors. A group of representatives from two government environmental agencies (Environment and Heritage Service and the Industrial Research and Technology Unit) and the two universities (Queen's University Belfast and the University of Ulster) in Northern Ireland, has been established to develop methods for measuring the ecological status of lakes, for the purposes of the WFD. The work here is that contributing to the first objective classification into waterbody types.
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Main Authors: | Rippey, Brian, Doe, Shelley, Girvin, Joanna, Hale, Peter, McElarney, Yvonne, Neale, Martin, Preston, Jane |
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Format: | article biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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2001
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Subjects: | Management, Limnology, Policies, Alkalinity, Catchment area, Classification, Geology, Height, Hydrographic surveys, Lakes, Water policy, Northern Ireland, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/22235 |
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