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dc.contributor.creatorDalton, Catherine
dc.contributor.creatorJennings, Eleanor
dc.contributor.creatorO'Dwyer, Barry
dc.contributor.creatorTaylor, David
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-18T11:23:13Z
dc.date.available2018-10-18T11:23:13Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationDalton, C., Jennings, E., O’Dwyer, B. and Taylor, D. 2016 Integrating observed, inferred and simulated data to illuminate environmental change: a limnological case study. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 2016. DOI: 10.3318/ BIOE.2016.24en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10395/2293
dc.descriptionIntegrating observed, inferred and simulated data to illuminate environmental change: a limnological case studyen_US
dc.description.abstractEffective management of aquatic ecosystems requires knowledge of baseline conditions and pastvariations in stressors and their effects in order to mitigate the impacts of future variability and change. This study utilizes combined monitoring, sedimentary and hindcast computer model data to reconstruct and examine the eutrophication history of a lake in southwest Ireland over a c.60-year period and uses computer models to simulate future responses in water quality as a result of projected changes in land use and climate. The study site, Lough Leane, has major national and international importance, but is currently regarded as ‘at significant risk’ of not meeting the water quality objectives of the EU Water Framework Directive. Palaeolimnological reconstructions and hindcast modelling results confirmed that current eutrophication in the lake dates at least to the 1950s, and particularly from the 1970s. When used to simulate future conditions the same computer models indicated that climate change will likely worsen the current situation. The approach described, synthesising data from a range of sources, can inform future-proofing of lake management plans and objectives by enabling the accommodation of future changes in catchment and climate conditions.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRoyal Irish Academyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries116B;3
dc.rights.urihttps://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3318/bioe.2016.24en_US
dc.subjectIntegratingen_US
dc.subjectObserved dataen_US
dc.subjectInferred dataen_US
dc.subjectSimulated dataen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental changeen_US
dc.subjectLimnologicalen_US
dc.subjectBiologyen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmenten_US
dc.titleIntegrating observed, inferred and simulated data to illuminate environmental change: a limnological case studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.type.supercollectionmic_published_revieweden_US
dc.description.versionYesen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3318/ BIOE.2016.24


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