Lough Neagh: The Ecology of a Multipurpose Water Resource Book

1. Introduction: Lough Neagh as a multipurpose resource. 2. Geology, hydrology and land-use of Lough Neagh and its catchment. 3. Morphometry, hydrodynamics and sedimentation in Lough Neagh. 4. The optical properties of Lough Neagh. 5. The major ion chemistry of Lough Neagh. 6. Human settlement and economy of the Lough Neagh basin. 7. The recent sediments of Lough Neagh. Part A: Structure, stratigraphy and geochronology. Part B: Diatom and chironomid analysis. 8. Phosphorus and nitrogen loadings to Lough Neagh and their management. 9. Nutrient cycles in Lough Neagh. 10. The phytoplankton populations of Lough Neagh. 11. Planktonic primary production in Lough Neagh. 12. Benthic algae in Lough Neagh. 13. Physiological ecology of Lough Neagh phytoplankton. 14. The seasonal succession of the zooplankton of Lough Neagh. 15. Observations on the populations of Mysis relicta in Lough Neagh. 16. The macroinvertebrates of Lough Neagh. 17. Heterotrophic microorganisms in the water column and sediments of Lough Neagh. 18. The fish of Lough Neagh. Part A: A historical and taxonomic perspective of the fish fauna of Lough Neagh. Part B: Investigations on salmon (Salmo salar L.) and eels (Anguilla anguilla L.) in the River Lower Bann. Part C: Investigations on brown trout (Salmo trutta L.). Part D: Investigations on pollan, Coregonus pollan (Thompson). Part E: Ecological studies of the fish community. 19. The vegetation of Lough Neagh wetlands. 20. The birds of Lough Neagh and Lough Beg. 21. Lough Neagh into the twenty-first century.