Fen Management Handbook - Scottish Natural Heritage

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 Fens 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