Abstract
This study is based on desk work which provides the background for a series of field studies carried out during 1977–80 on Scotland’s largest lochs. Analyses of appropriate maps and tabulations of other relevant data are used here to assess the nature of these lochs and the contribution from and variety of their catchments. Human activities likely to affect the ecology of the lochs are considered in some detail. The results indicate a contrast between Lochs Lomond, Awe and Ness, naturally rich, likely to be further enriched by human activities in their catchments and subject to a variety of human pressures, and Lochs Morar and Shiel, naturally poor in nutrients with relatively little cultural eutrophication (especially Loch Morar) from the catchments and few human pressures on their systems. The relevance of these differences to the ecology of the lochs is discussed.
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Maitland, P.S. (1981). Introduction and catchment analysis. In: Maitland, P.S. (eds) The Ecology of Scotland’s Largest Lochs. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 44. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8635-0_1
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