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Project Code [2002-PHD2-14]
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Project title
Long-term environmental change in lower Lough Corrib and its catchment: a multidisciplinary palaeoecological study
Primary Funding Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)
Lead Applicant
Michael O'Connell
Project Abstract
The project aims at documenting long-term changes i- both natural and anthropogenic i- in the lower Corribcatchment. It involves pollen and macrofossil analyses and stable isotope investigations to be carried outon thick marl and peat deposits in the lower Corrib basin with a view to investigating palaeoenvironmentalchange over the course of the post-glacial. In particular the aim is to investigate limnic changes includinglake levels and trophic status and the effects of climate change and human activity on both limnic andterrestrial environments.
Grant Approved
�75,000.00
Research Hub
Climate Change
Research Theme
Ireland's Future Climate, its Impacts, and Adaptation Options
Initial Projected Completion Date
28/02/2013