| Lochnagar: The Natural History of a Mountain Lake 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Rose, Neil L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 140203900X ISBN-13: 9781402039003 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: The remote mountain loch of Lochnagar is one of the most studied freshwater bodies in Europe. It is an area of outstanding, although harsh, natural beauty, a favourite destination for hill-walkers, and a rare UK habitat for many alpine species. This book brings together knowledge gained over two decades of multi-disciplinary scientific study, with the results of lake sediment research covering millennia, to show how the loch has developed both naturally and as a result of human impact. Particular emphasis is placed on how this fragile ecosystem, and others like it, may be affected by future climate change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Limnology - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - History | Historical Geography |
| Dewey: 508.411 |
| LCCN: 2007425099 |
| Series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.57" W x 9.53" (2.39 lbs) 503 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Scottish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Previous volumes in this 'Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research' (DPER) series have focussed on providing in-depth descriptions of palaeoenvironmental techniques or have described the applications of these approaches on various regional bases. The former of these now provide an invaluable series of standard text books for scientists and students, while the latter show how the application of palaeo-techniques can be used across broad geographical scales. In this current volume, we have attempted something a little different. Not only are a variety of palaeo-techniques applied to a single, small lake, but we have tried to show how these methods, and the data derived from them, can be integrated synergistically with contemporary monitoring and predictive modelling. The acidification and metals research provide two good examples of this. Along with other upland lakes across the UK, the early research work at Lochnagar was based on assessing the competing hypotheses for the causes of surface water acidification. As a result, palaeolimnological techniques were used to assess the timing and extent of pH changes over hundreds of years. The subsequent establishment of the UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network (UK AWMN) then allowed a range of biological and chemical parameters to be assessed routinely in order to determine the rate at which the lakes and streams, including Lochnagar, were recovering following emissions reductions. |