Scottish Freshwater Group: 84th Meeting
The 84th meeting of the Scottish Freshwater Group took place on Thursday 8th April 2010.
Talks were held in Lecture Theatre B4 and poster demonstrations in Laboratory 2B147 both in the Cottrell Building, University of Stirling.
Please find the agenda below, or download a PDF version. Some of the talks are available to download as PDFs.
Management and restoration of eutrophic lochs in Scotland
10.00 |
Roger Owen (SEPA), welcome |
| 10.05 |
Plenary: Brian Moss (University of Liverpool), Cleaning the dustbins of sleazy houses: the theory and practice of lake rehabilitation and management [PDF, 6.3mb] |
| 10.45 |
Louise Bond (SEPA), Loch restoration – SEPA’s perspective [PDF, 1mb] |
| 11.05 |
Joanna Girvan (Royal Haskoning on behalf of SNH), The assessment of restoration needs in Scottish lochs suffering from nutrient enrichment [PDF, 0.75mb] |
| 11.25 |
Dominic Funnell (RSPB), RSPB and the restoration of eutrophic lochs: the Loch of Strathbeg case study [PDF, 0.4mb] |
| 11.45 |
Discussion (chaired by Roger Owen) |
| 12.00 |
Lunch and poster presentations |
| 13.30 |
Carl Sayer (UCL), Informing lake restoration using palaeolimnology: a few hints from Norfolk and Northern Ireland |
| 13.50 |
Helen Bennion (UCL), The role of palaeolimnology in the restoration of Scottish lochs [PDF, 3.8mb] |
| 14.10 |
Bryan Spears (CEH), “Zooming in” on Scotland’s shallow loch management needs [PDF, 1.1mb] |
| 14.40 |
Andy Vinten/Simon Langan (Macaulay Institute), Monitoring, modelling and mitigation of P pollution of lochs: cost effective or disproportionate? |
| 15.10 |
Linda May (CEH), Understanding and identifying “hidden” P sources in your catchment |
| 15.40 |
Discussion (chaired by Roger Owen) |
| 16.00 |
Meeting close |
Poster session [12:00 – 13:30; Laboratory 2B147]
Argyll Mesotrophic Loch Environmental Improvement Action Plan. Alison McManus (SEPA) & Tom Coy (SEPA)
New phytoplankton records for Scotland – a question of taxonomy or as a result of changes in phytoplankton flora affected by human influence and climate change? Jan Krokowski (SEPA)
Tayside Mesotrophic Lochs – An Environmental Improvement Action Plan. Katie Baird (SEPA) & Louise Bond (SEPA)
Remediation project at Loch Flemington: A shallow loch in deep trouble? Sebastian Meis (CEH), Bryan Spears (CEH), Stephen Maberly (CEH) & Rupert Perkins (University of Cardiff)
Lindores Loch action plan/restoration with a data visualisation spin. Tim Foster (SEPA)
Handout/poster
Summary of RSPB restoration projects in Scotland. Lisa Webb (RSPB)
85th Meeting
The next meeting of the SFG will be on Thursday 28th October 2010. Anyone wishing to make a contribution to future meetings, please contact Laurence Carvalho, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Email: laca@ceh.ac.uk |
