Rose, Neil L. creator editor. SpringerLink (Online service) text ne 2007 monographic eng

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access XXX, 503 p. online resource. 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. The Environmental Landscape of Lochnagar -- Geology of Lochnagar and Surrounding Region -- The Shaping of Lochnagar: Pre-Glacial, Glacial and Post-Glacial Processes -- Lochnagar Water-Temperatures, Climate and Weather -- The Development, Distribution and Properties of Soils in the Lochnagar Catchment and Their Influence on Soil Water Chemistry -- Flora and Vegetation of Lochnagar - Past, Present, and Future -- The Contemporary Physical and Biological Status of Lochnagar -- The Sediments Of Lochnagar: Distribution, Accumulation and Composition -- Hydrology and Hydrochemistry of Lochnagar -- The Aquatic Flora of Lochnagar -- Pattern And Process In The Lochnagar Food Web -- Brown Trout in Lochnagar: Population and Contamination by Metals and Organic Micropollutants -- Anthropogenic Impacts from Atmospheric Pollutant Deposition -- National, International and Global Sources of Contamination at Lochnagar -- Acidification of Lochnagar and Prospects for Recovery -- Trace Metals in the Catchment, Loch and Sediments of Lochnagar: Measurements and Modelling -- Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Sediments of Lochnagar -- Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Spheroidal Carbonaceous Particles (Scps) in Sediments, Soils and Deposition at Lochnagar -- Future impacts -- Future Climate Predictions for Lochnagar -- Past and Future Environmental Change at Lochnagar and the Impacts of a Changing Climate -- An introduction to Lochnagar -- An Introduction to Lochnagar -- Physical Characteristics of Lochnagar. edited by Neil L. Rose. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AQUATIC BIOLOGY CLIMATIC CHANGES ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENT CLIMATE CHANGE GEOECOLOGY/NATURAL PROCESSES FRESHWATER & MARINE ECOLOGY 577.27 9781402039867 99781402039867 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3986-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3986-7 100301 20260521092102.0 978-1-4020-3986-7