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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | A test of different ecological response to nutrient loads of soft- and hard-water lakes. |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Kenneth Irvine |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.34449, -6.25867 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 01/11/2002 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 01/11/2006 |
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| Project Keywords | Lakes; Ecological response; Catchment Pressures; Nutrients |
| Project Abstract | The project will investigate the different ecological responses to catchment pressures as defined by nutrient inputs in three hard water and three soft water lakes. The work will include seasonal field measurements indicative of lake quality, assessment of ecological processes and use of laboratory experiments to identify and quantify mechanisms important for the translation of nutrient load to ecological quality. The project will assess the validity of using scores of quality elements to describe overall ecological status and investigate the potential of parameters of trophic response of biota to nutrients and nutrient deficiency as descriptors of ecological status. |