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Index A access 103, 110, 190, 226, 233, 244, 253, 255, 273 acidity 37, 43, 56, 65-6, 165, 186, 191, 195, 246 adsorption 56 agriculture 55, 58, 62, 72, 74, 83, 89, 113, 125, 170, 180, 183, 189, 206, 236, 259-60, 272, 320-1 alkalinity 43, 65, 191, 195, 197, 201 amphibians 14, 25, 28, 29, 105, 140, 274 Anglesey <strong>Fen</strong>s 136, 167 anoxia 37, 145 aquifer 39, 42, 46, 83, 89, 92, 119, 145-6, 191, 195, 236-7, 261, 271 aquitard 46, 236 archaeology 7, 143, 180, 189 Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) 81, 86, 90, 311 Aughnadarragh Lough 76 B baseline survey 222 beetles 30-3, 43, 98, 309, 317 benefits 10, 37, 101, 106-7, 109, 113, 117, 147, 165, 176, 180, 210, 242, 255, 259, 261, 265-6, 268-9 Biglands Bog 73, 83 birds 6-7, 14, 22, 24-5, 27, 31, 75, 81, 82, 106, 108, 113, 117-8, 121, 129, 148, 154, 190, 208, 224- 5, 245, 267, 274, 277-80, 301-4, 308, 313-4 boardwalks 240-1, 245-8, 255-6, 264 bog 8, 10, 13, 16-9, 34, 43, 46, 53-4, 68, 70, 75-6, 83, 85, 87, 89, 97, 106, 109, 126, 136, 147, 149, 152, 154, 158, 160-2, 165, 186, 203-4, 236, 240, 260, 274, 298, 310 Brackagh Bog 154 bryophytes 17, 216, 236, 289, 290-1, 297-9, 309 buffer zones 171, 175-6, 321 bunds 156, 177, 200 Bure Marshes 132-5 burning 58, 60, 84, 99, 113, 116-21, 126, 131-3, 161, 165, 178, 303 butterflies 31, 127, 132, 185, 223, 309, 311-2, 318 C carbon storage 10 carr 21-2, 24, 27, 31, 48, 75, 126, 163, 276, 279, 280, 286, 298, 302, 304, 315 chemistry 30, 55, 63, 65-6, 71, 83, 90, 93, 146, 191, 229, 297, 320-1 conductivity 65-6, 167, 229, 273 corer 197 Common Standards Monitoring (CSM) 68, 87, 215-7, 273, 311 cutting 27, 44, 45, 75, 78, 79, 90, 93-4, 97, 99-102, 112-6, 120, 123, 125-7, 132-4, 139, 141, 148, 154-5, 159, 161, 164, 169-70, 177-8, 208, 253, 257-8, 260, 266, 272, 279, 300-1, 303-5, 308, 312, 315-7, 320 330 D dams 157, 158 data 9, 30, 50, 70, 81, 155, 179, 188, 191-5, 210- 15, 219, 221-2, 225-7, 230-3, 236, 243, 312-3 analysis 233-35 storage 232 denitrification 59, 175, 261 designated sites 81, 214 dipwell 226-8, 232, 234 ditch 45, 88, 90, 146, 155, 157, 159, 167-8, 175-6, 182, 214, 228, 231, 300, 302, 310, 312, 320 dragonflies 7, 21, 31-2, 43, 148, 223-4, 310-2 dredging 50, 180, 300, 307-8 E ecological survey 82 education 94, 96, 244, 264 European Habitats Directive 34 eutrophic 44, 68, 97, 101, 163-4, 177, 180, 186, 286-9, 292 eutrophication 55, 58, 67, 97, 162, 196, 271 evapotranspiration 53, 192-3, 213 F fen creation 9-10, 146, 152, 184-9, 191-3, 195, 199, 201, 204-5, 263 benefits 186 checklist 191-2 constraints 189 planning and design 188 site assessment 198-201 vegetation establishment 201 fen harvester 116 fen hydrology 7, 37-8, 78, 143-4 fen products 8-9, 240, 258-9, 268 fen types basin 6, 34, 68, 86, 142-4, 187, 193 open water 6, 34, 68, 86, 142-4, 187, 193 spring 6, 34, 68, 86, 142-4, 187, 193 fertility 13, 37, 55, 67, 71-2, 150, 185, 196-7, 206, 231, 271-2, 291, 319, 325 fish 14, 26-9, 31, 33, 143, 278-9, 281, 301-3, 305-8, 316 flooding 28, 32-3, 37-8, 42, 44, 45, 55, 67, 68, 73, 75, 88-9, 94, 101-3, 113, 132, 134, 144, 146-7, 152, 162-4, 170, 186, 189, 194, 206, 208, 212, 231, 248, 261, 284, 286, 293, 298, 300, 302-5, 308, 316-7 funding sources 78, 241, 257, 266-7 G geology 63, 195 grazing 44, 100-2, 104, 107, 112, 127, 129-30, 134, 138, 170-1, 177-8, 207, 260, 273, 297, 307, 316-8 assessment 102 cattle 104 goats 107 livestock selection 107
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