environmental sciences research institute - University of Ulster
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Phil Jordan, Joerg Arnscheidt and Hugo McGrogan<br />
References<br />
Arnscheidt, J., Jordan, P., Leeming, R., Li, S., McCormick, S., McFaul, R., McGrogan, H., Neal,<br />
M., Sims, J.T., Defining the sources <strong>of</strong> low flow phosphorus transfers in complex catchments,<br />
Science <strong>of</strong> the Total Environment, 382, pp 1 -13, 2007a<br />
Arnscheidt, J., Jordan, P., McGrogan H., McCormick, S. and Ward, C., High resolution<br />
monitoring to characterise phosphorus transfers in complex catchments, in Heckrath, G., Rubæk,<br />
G.H. and Kronvang, B. (Eds.), Diffuse phosphorus loss – risk assessment, mitigation options and<br />
ecological effects in river basins (IPW5), <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Aarhus, Denmark, pp 149-151, 2007b<br />
Douglas, R.W., Menary, W. and Jordan, P., Phosphorus and sedimenttransfers in a grassland<br />
river catchment, Nutrient Cycling in Agro-ecosystrems, 77, pp 199-212, 2007<br />
Jordan P., Arnscheidt J., McGrogan H., and McCormick S., Characterising phosphorus<br />
transfers in rural catchments using a continuous bank-side analyser, Hydrology and Earth Systems<br />
Science, 11, pp 372-381, 2007a<br />
Jordan, P., Arnscheidt, J. and McGrogan, H., High Resolution Water Quality Monitoring:<br />
New Equipment, New Data, New Insights, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Supl. Abstract H51N-07<br />
INVITED, 2007b<br />
Nasr, A., Bruen, M., Jordan, P., Kiely, G., Moles, R., Byrne, P., A comparison <strong>of</strong> SWAT, HSPF<br />
and SHETRAN/GOPC for modelling phosphorus export from three catchments in Ireland, Water<br />
Research, 41, pp 1065-1073, 2007<br />
4.4 LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY<br />
Northern Ireland Countryside Survey<br />
During the Summer <strong>of</strong> 2007, as part <strong>of</strong> the Northern Ireland Countryside Survey <strong>research</strong> project, a team <strong>of</strong> six<br />
field surveyors mapped the distribution <strong>of</strong> habitats in 287 quarter kilometre sample grid squares.The field sampling<br />
programme was devised and organised by Thomas McCann (Research Associate). Field surveyors were:<br />
Angella Curelli, Dries Elst, Kathryn O’Callaghan, Lynne Peoples, Neil Thurgate and Geraldine Fox. David Rogers (Research<br />
Associate) was responsible for setting up a GIS system linking field maps and data recorded on a PDA/GPS system, to<br />
OSNI digital maps and colour aerial photographs <strong>of</strong> the sample grid squares.<br />
The two web sites below give context to the project, which is a four-year EHS-funded project (2007-2010) to assess<br />
ecological change.<br />
http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/biodiversity/nh-<strong>research</strong>/nicountrysidesurvey-2.htm<br />
http://www.science.ulster.ac.uk/nics/<br />
Analysis <strong>of</strong> the 2007 field data has started, with the aim <strong>of</strong> quantifying habitat change as part <strong>of</strong> a time-series <strong>of</strong> similar<br />
sample records extending from a baseline in the late 1980s and a resurvey in 1998. The <strong>research</strong> has applications<br />
for informing biodiversity management in NI, for example linked to reporting government progress on the European<br />
Habitats Directive and in guiding the development <strong>of</strong> agri-environment schemes.<br />
Alan Cooper<br />
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