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Historical Background to the International Biological Programme Project at Loch Leven, Kinross

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

N. C. Morgan
N. C. Morgan
Affiliation:
The Nature Conservancy, Edinburgh.
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The location and major characteristics of Loch Leven and land use of its catchment are briefly described. The water level was lowered in 1830 affecting migrant fish. Many changes have taken place in the fauna and flora in the present century with serious depletions to the macrophytes, Odonata and Ephemeroptera. The loch is of international importance for waterfowl and was made into a National Nature Reserve in 1964. An IBP project was started in 1966 to measure production and production processes in the food chain to fish and diving duck. Energy and nutrient input, production of phytoplankton, chironomids and the larger trout and perch have been measured for the whole loch. Many other related studies have been carried out. The numbers of several groups have been shown to fluctuate greatly from year to year, as have the principal components of phytoplankton, zooplankton and zoobenthos.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 74 , 1974 , pp. 45 - 55
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1974

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