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Project Metadata Element | Details |
Project Title | Ecohydrological Characterisation of Wetlands in the Border Region of Ireland |
Research Area | EPA Water Pillar: Ecosystem Services and Sustainability |
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Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Valerie McCarthy |
Lead Institution or Organisation | Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) |
Lead Country | Ireland |
Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.986085751834544,-6.41326904296875 |
Lead Funding Entity | INTERREG |
Approximate Project Start Date | 03/01/2012 |
Approximate Project Finishing Date | 31/12/2013 |
Project Website (if any) | http://www.tellus.ie/research/water/ |
Links to other Web-based resources | http://www.tellus.ie/wp-content/uploads/Tellus-Border-Wetland-Project-Final-Report-23-May-14.pdf http://www.tellus.ie/wp-content/uploads/A_Rolston_Poster1.pdf |
Project Keywords | Tellus, geochemistry, geology, wetlands, Borders, ecohydrology, Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems, GWDTEs, Water Framework Directive, Habitats Directive |
Project Abstract | There is a lack of baseline data for the full range of Irish wetlands and there remains limited understanding of how anthropogenic and climactic induced hydrological pressures impact on these local wetland systems. Through desk studies, field investigations and field monitoring, detailed ecohydrological conceptual models were developed for 5 representative border region wetlands sites, including Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems (GWDTEs) which are currently under particular focus of EU legislation. Tellus and Tellus Border geochemical data was used to examine the occurrence of wetland habitats across a range of geochemical and geological settings to understand where and why different wetland habitats occur within the border counties. This 2-year postdoctoral research informed the assessment of wetland hydrological mechanisms, pressures and ecosystem processes required by the Water Framework and Habitats Directives. |