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Lough Carra water with pollution evident

Water Quality

More information will be included in this section as soon as it becomes available and an introduction will be written by Chris Huxley and included on this page.

  • Non-Technical Summary of Scientific Results - Water Quality
    by Kenneth Irvine
  • Baseline Water Quality Investigations on Lough Carra, Western Ireland, with Reference to Water Chemistry, Phytoplankton and Aquatic Plants
    by James J. King and W.S. Trevor Champ
  • Importance of Spatial and Temporal Patterns for Assessment of Risk of Diffuse Nutrient Emissions to Surface Waters
    by Ian Donohue, David Styles, Catherine Coxon and Kenneth Irvine
  • Using Sediments to Assess the Resistance of a Calcareous Lake to Diffuse Nutrient Loading
    by William Hobbs, Kenneth Irvine and Ian Donohue
  • History, Nutrients and Water Quality: A Study of the Lakes and Catchments of Loughs Carra and Mask
    by Kenneth Irvine, Ian Donohue, Valerie McCarthy, Manel Leira and William Hobbs

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