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Thirty four Galloway Lochs: bathymetry, water quality and surface sediment diatom assemblages

Flower, RJ; Rippey, B; Tervet, DJ; (1986) Thirty four Galloway Lochs: bathymetry, water quality and surface sediment diatom assemblages. (PRU Research Report 14 ). Palaeoecology Research Unit, UCL Environmental Change Research Centre: London, UK. Green open access

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Abstract

Bathymetric descriptions of thirty four Galloway lochs are given together with water quality data for 1983-85. Results of diatom analysis of surface sediment collected from each loch are presented in tabular form. Lake water pH is generally lower in November samples than in samples collected in summer months. Cation exchange, following deposition of sea salts on peaty catchments, is suggested as a partial winter period. cause of pH depression in the winter period. Where lakes are deep enough, summer thermal stratification usually occurs between 5 and 8 m depth. Floristic diversity of the periphyton component of surface sediment diatom assemblages is shown to increase generally with pH.

Type: Report
Title: Thirty four Galloway Lochs: bathymetry, water quality and surface sediment diatom assemblages
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/research/research-centr...
Language: English
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10127151
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