Invertebrate-habitat associations in the Littoral and Riparian Ecotone of Lough Carra, Co. Mayo, Ireland
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Elaine Brid McGoff, 'Invertebrate-habitat associations in the Littoral and Riparian Ecotone of Lough Carra, Co. Mayo, Ireland', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Zoology, 2009, pp 196Download Item:
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between habitat structure in
the land lake ecotone and the abundance and community composition of larval and
adult macroinvertebrates. This was done extensively within one sample lake, Lough
Carra, in county Mayo. Aspects of lake hydromorphology were assessed and
described by use of the Lake Habitat Survey (LHS), which measures the extent of
particular habitat features within the littoral, riparian and shore zones of a lake. The
first aim of the research was to test the relevance of the LHS metrics for describing
macroinvertebrate taxon richness, abundance and community composition. This was
done with the creation of a Hab-Plot specific score called the HabQA. This was
based on the original Lake Habitat Survey Lake Habitat Quality Assessment (LHQA)
score. Additional work examined the relevance of the overall survey, not just the
metric, for macroinvertebrate community composition.
Author: McGoff, Elaine Brid
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