{"product_id":"9780792321125","title":"Lough Neagh: The Ecology of a Multipurpose Water Resource","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLough Neagh: The Ecology of a Multipurpose Water Resource\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWood, R.B.; Smith, R.V.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eLough Neagh is the largest lake in the British Isles. It covers  an area of 383 km\u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e being 30 km along its longest axis. From  pre-historic times the lake and its rivers influenced the settlements  of man in the role of a fishery and communication link with the  interior of Ireland. Ireland's first canal, completed in 1787, linked  the small but significant coal deposits of Tyrone to Dublin by way of  the lough and later the Lagen Canal became an important commercial  route to the new city of Belfast.\u003cbr\u003e  Today, only sand barge transport persists but the lough supports  Europe's largest eel fishery and provides commercial salmon, trout and  perch catches, besides acting as an important centre for recreational  pursuits. Increasingly it has become the major water resource for  Northern Ireland supplying much of the demand for the heavily  populated Belfast area.\u003cbr\u003e  Biologically the lough is rich, sustaining enormous invertebrate  populations of, for example, chironomids and gammarids alongside the  comparatively exotic glacial relict, \u003cem\u003eMysis relicta\u003c\/em\u003e. Its bird  life makes the lough an area of very special conservation interest as  a Ramsar site.\u003cbr\u003e  The book describes the basic ecology of the lough with particular  emphasis on both the interaction of the physical, chemical and  biological components and the role of ecology in resource management.  Extensive recent researches are set in geological, geographical and  historical context and together with palaeolimnological studies of the  sediments are used to trace major changes in the ecology of the lough  under man's influence, especially in the past 100 years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1993-09-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792321125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-017-2117-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 297.0cm x210.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 532.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45578440278156,"sku":"9780792321125","price":197.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792321125.jpg?v=1767148177","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780792321125","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}