Project: Interaction of catchment and climate on water quality and fish habitat in Lough Erne

Part of: Freshwater ecosystems management

Project: Interaction of catchment and climate on water quality and fish habitat in Lough Erne

Project Objectives

To evaluate the deposition and distribution of sediment in Lower Lough Erne.

Project Leader(s):

  Dr Robert Rosell and Dr Walter Crozier

Journal Articles

  • Gibson, C. E. , McNally, J. , Foy, R. H. (2005). Stratification and oxygen depletion in Lower Lough Erne 1991-2000. Biology and the Environment, 105B(2):81-86
  • Douglas, R. W. , Rippey, B. , Gibson, C. E. (2003). Measuring the in-situ settling velocity of particles in lakes using a time series sediment trap. Freshwater Biology, 48:512-518
  • Gibson, C. E. , Anderson, N. J. , Zhou, Q. X. , Allen, M. M. , Appleby, P. G. (2003). Changes in the sediment and diatom deposition in Lower Lough Erne circa 1920-1990. Biology and the Environment, Not Specified: (In-Press)
  • Rippey, B. , Gibson, C. E. , Douglas, R. W. (2002). Interpreting sediment trap data in relation to the dominant sediment redistribution process in a lake. Archiv Fur Hydrobiologie, 155:529-539
  • Gibson, C. E. , Zhu, Y. M. (2001). Evaluation of phosphorus bioavailability in sediments of three contrasting lakes in China and the UK. Chemosphere, 42:221-225
  • Zhou, Q. X. , Gibson, C. E. , Zhu, Y. M. (2001). Evaluation of phosphorus bioavailability in sediments of three contrasting lakes in China and the UK. Chemosphere, 42(2):221-225
  • Zhou, Q. X. , Gibson, C. E. , Foy, R. H. (2000). Long-term Changes of nitrogen and phosphorus loadings to a large lake in north-west Ireland. Water Research, 34(3):922-926

Books

  • Gibson, C. E. (1998). Lough Erne. In: Studies of Irish Lakes and Rivers, (Eds. Moriarty, C.), Marine Institute, Dublin pp:237-256
  • Gibson, C. E. (1998). Book Review Of: Aquatic Plants in Britain and Ireland, (Eds. Preston, C., Croft, J), Preston & Croft (In-Press)
  • Gibson, C. E. (1997). Book Review Of: Vegetation Processes in the Pelagic, (Eds. Reynolds, C. S.), C.S. Reynolds (In-Press)