PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS AND THE CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY OF POORLY BUFFERED IRISH LAKES: A WESTERN EUROPEAN BASELINE FOR "ACID RAIN" IMPACT ASSESSMENT.

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ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS OF ACID DEPOSITION ON POORLY BUFFERED LAKE ECOSYSTEMS.

ONE SOFT WATER LAKE IN WEST GALWAY AND A SIMILAR LAKE IN WICKLOW WILL BE STUDIED OVER A TWO YEARS PERIOD. WHILE BOTH IRISH LAKES ARE BASED IN BROADLY COMPARABLE GRANITE CATCHMENTS, THE FORMER WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF SYSTEMS UNAFFECTED BY ACID DEPOSITION WHILE IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THE LATTER IS LIKELY TO SHOW THE FIRST EFFECTS OF ACIDITY DUE TO LOCAL AND TRANSFRONTIER AIR POLLUTION.

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS FOR A VARIETY OF LIMNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS WILL BE CARRIED OUT DURING ABOUT 20 SURVEYS PER ANNUM, INCLUDING MEASUREMENTS OF PH, PHOSPHORUS, NITROGEN, AMMONIA, SILICA, ALKALINITY, SULPHATE, CHLORIDE, SOME HEAVY METALS AND CONDUCTIVITY. RAIN WATER SAMPLES WILL BE ANALYSED FOR THE SAME PARAMETERS.

THE COMPOSITION AND SUCCESSION OF THE PLANKTONIC ALGAE POPULATIONS WILL BE DETERMINED AS WELL AS THE PHYTOPLANKTON STANDING CROPS, THE BENTHIC FLORA, THE ZOOPLANKTON POPULATIONS, THE LITTORAL AND BENTHIC MACRO-INVERTEBRATE FAUNA AND FISH POPULATIONS.

Programm/Programme

PRE-ENVPROT 3C - Sectoral research and development programme (EEC) in the field of environment (environmental protection and climatology) - indirect and concerted actions - Environmental protection -, 1981-1985

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Finanzierungsplan

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Koordinator

An Forus Forbartha

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