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The Freshwater Input to the Tay Estuary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

R. A. Pontin  and
J. A. Reid
R. A. Pontin
Affiliation:
Tay River Purification Board, Perth.
J. A. Reid
Affiliation:
Tay River Purification Board, Perth.
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Synopsis

The hydrology of the 6000 sq km basins of the rivers Tay and Earn is examined from the special point of view as the source of freshwater for the middle and lower parts of the Tay estuary. Discharge frequency curves and average inflow figures are presented and analysed. Using these flow figures and chemical analyses obtained since the completion of the Hydro-Electric schemes estimates of the dissolved oxygen, Biological Oxygen Demand and suspended solids load transported into the estuary have been prepared.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 75 , Issue 1-2: Physical and Biological Aspects of the Tay Estuary , 1975 , pp. 1 - 9
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1975

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References

McManus, J., 1968. The hydrology of the Tay basin. In Dundee and District, pp. 107–124. Dundee: B.A.A.S.Google Scholar