Blue Lough - United Kingdom

Basic Information
Site Name
Blue Lough
Short name
UWMN_21
Country
United Kingdom
Web Address
NULL
Site Manager
Don Monteith
Site Description
UK Upland Waters Monitoring Network (UK UWMN) site. Some data are managed by UK ECN Data Centre. Site description here: http://awmn.defra.gov.uk/sites/site_21.php. Note: The area is the size of the catchment.
Last modified
2019-12-03 11:12:20
General Characteristics, Purpose, History
Site Status
existing
Year Established
1990
Purpose
Originally part of a network monitoring the quality of acid waters in the UK. Now the purpose is to track changes in surface water quality and freshwater biodiversity across all upland regions of the UK, not only those sensitive to acid deposition. The aim is to monitor the separate and combined impacts of all principal pressures facing upland waters, including acid deposition, nutrient-N deposition, climate change, toxic substance contamination and land-use change.
Geographic
Size
48.00ha
Elevation (average)
340.00msl
Elevation (min)
340.00msl
Elevation (max)
340.00msl
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
UK ECN✖ (LTER_EU_UK_074)The affiliation of this site with "UK ECN" is not verified.
Projects
UK Upland Waters Monitoring Network
ICP Waters
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GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water lakes
Biome
Fresh Water Lakes
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
Air Temperature: Average Annual
10.70°C
Precipitation Annual
1600.00mm
Geology
Granite
Vegetation
Bare rock, scree and eroded peat characterise the catchment, but elsewhere the vegetation is dominated by Calluna which in places is mature and in others has been intensively burnt.
Soils
Eroded blanket peat, peaty podsols and peaty gleys
Hydrology
Blue Lough is a small (1.9 ha) circular lake lying at 340 m altitude. The lough has no discrete inflow and drains through a Sphagnum bog to a tributary of the Annalong River. The bathymetry reveals a shallow concentric basin offset to the east, with a maximum depth of 5 m.
Site Type (Spatial Design)
Simple Site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Infrastructure notes
Accommodation in nearby villages.
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Power Supply
No
Permanent Operation
No
Operation Notes
Chemistry sampled monthly. Biological measurements made annually
Site Visit Interval
30
Data Storage Location
Distributed over multiple institutions
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
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