The effects of clearfelling and harvesting lodgepole pine trees on the quality of receiving waters in a productive salmonid blanket peat catchment in Burrishoole, Co. Mayo were investigated in this research study. The study site was contained within a 20 hectare area and was drained by a first order stream that received the flows from the ploughed furrows, mainly via the collector drains. The study site was divided in two parts. Two instrumented stations were established ? one just upstream (US) and the other just downstream (DS) of the area to be clearfelled. The instrumentation at each station included a flume, water-level recorder, automatic water sampler and probes for measuring physico-chemical water variables; 2 rain gauges were installed at the downstream station. The rainfall, flows and water quality variables at the two stations were examined every five minutes for about 1 year pre-clearfelling, during clearfelling and harvesting, and for 19 months post-clearfelling. During flood events, water samples were taken hourly at the US and DS stations for suspended sediment (SS) and phosphorus (P) testing; the SS sampling was carried out for one year and the P sampling for one month before clearfelling.

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Dr. Liwen Xiao

Department of Civil Engineering, NUIG

Research Scientist

Telephone: +353 (0)91 524411

e-mail: liwen.xiao@nuigalway.ie

Department of Civil Engineering

University Road, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), University Road Galway City, Ireland

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Dr. Michael Rodgers

National University of Ireland Galway

Senior Lecturer, Researcher

Telephone: +353 (91) 492219

e-mail: Michael.Rodgers@nuigalway.ie

Civil Engineering Room E210

NUI Galway, University Road, Galway City, Ireland

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Mr. Mark O'Connor

National University of Ireland Galway

Researcher

Telephone: +353 (0)91 524411

e-mail: mark.oconnor@nuigalway.ie

Civil Engineering Department

NUI Galway, University Road, Galway City, Ireland

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Author(s)	Xiao, L. Rodgers, M. O'Connor, M.
Title Of Website	Secure Archive For Environmental Research Data
Publication Information	Quantification of Erosion and Phosphorus Release from a Peat Soil Forest Catchment
Name of Organisation	Environmental Protection Agency Ireland
Electronic Address or URL	http://erc.epa.ie/safer/resource?id=57f416ae-2f55-102b-950d-28616e04c7da
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SAFER-Data Identification Number	53
SAFER-Data Display URL	http://erc.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=53
Resource Title	Quantification of Erosion and Phosphorus Release from a Peat Soil Forest Catchment
Resource Keywords	Water level, pH, temperature, ORP, conductivities, phosphorus, suspended sediments, dissoved oxygen, ammoniun,rainfall,downstream,sub-Burrishoole catchment upstream
ISO 19115 Topic Categories	environment inlandWaters
Languages Within Resource Data/Documentation	eng
Metadata Language	eng
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	2000-LS-3.2.4-M2
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Water Quality
Unique Resource Idenifier ID	57f416ae-2f55-102b-950d-28616e04c7da
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Frequency Of Changes To This Metadata or Attached Data	notPlanned

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Project Start Date	Monday 5th January 2004 (05-01-2004)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Monday 25th April 2005 (25-04-2005)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Monday 30th July 2007 (30-07-2007)
Resource Metadata Published On	Monday 18th February 2008 (18-02-2008)
Last Resource Metadata Edit occured on	Tuesday 30th September 2008 at 13:18:33 (30-09-2008)
Resource Datasets or Digital Objects Updated On	Tuesday 30th September 2008 at 13:07:48 (30-09-2008)

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The blanket peat catchment in Burrishoole, Co. Mayo were investigated in this research study. The study site was contained within a 20 hectare area and was drained by a first order stream that received the flows from the ploughed furrows, mainly via the collector drains. The study site was divided in two parts. Two instrumented stations were established ? one just upstream (US) and the other just downstream (DS) of the area to be clearfelled. The Burrishoole Valley, Co. Mayo, Ireland lies in a north-south direction. The catchment is an oligotrophic and poorly buffered system with an area of 8949ha and consists of three main lakes, the brackish L. Furnace, the freshwater lakes Freeagh and Bunaveela and a number of smaller lakes such as L. Avoher and L. Namaroon. The catchment area is drained by at least 70Km of small shallow streams. (http://www.diadfish.org/maj2006_fichiers/maj_11_06_slime/bburrishoole.pdf)

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To monitor the effects of clearfelling and harvesting operations on the quality of receiving waters

Supplementary Metadata Information

Datasets (containing measurements taken at the study site) which shall be made available at a later date include: Water Level at Upstream/Downstream (date, level in cm) pH level at Upstream/Downstream (date, pH) Temperature at Upstream/downstream (celcius) Conductivity at upstream/downstream (yS/cm) Dissovlved Oxygen at Downstream (% Sat) Ammonia at Downstream (mg/l) Rainfall (mm) Total reactive phosphorus (TRP) concentration at Upstream/Downstream (ug/l) Suspended Sediments upstream and downstream (mg/l) Measurement Methodologies: Water level was measured by H-flume; rainfall was measured by raingauge; water temperature, pH, ORP, Conductivity, ammonium concentration and dissoved oxygen were measured by the probes supplied by OTT HYDROMETRY Ltd. Phosphorus was measured by using a Konelab 20 Analyser (Konelab Ltd.); suspended sediment was measured in accordance with the Standard Methods (APHA, 1995) using Whatman GF/C (pore size 1.2 μm) filter papers

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