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A Summary of the Loch Leven IBP Results in relation to Lake Management and Future Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

N. C. Morgan  and
D. S. McLusky
N. C. Morgan
Affiliation:
The Nature Conservancy, Edinburgh
D. S. McLusky
Affiliation:
University of Stirling.
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Synopsis

The International Biological Programme provided resources and enabled the work of a considerable number of researchers to be focused on physical, chemical and biological studies on Loch Leven, Kinross. In this paper the results are summarised with the help of an energy flow diagram and relationships between different trophic levels discussed. Major gaps in our knowledge, which have still to be worked on before all the relationships between different trophic levels can be well understood, have been highlighted. The causes of changes which have been recorded at Loch Leven and the unusual variability in the ecosystem are discussed and hypotheses presented. Profitable lines for future research are suggested, particularly in relation to the management of the loch as a National Nature Reserve and a brown trout fishery.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 74 , 1974 , pp. 407 - 416
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1974

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