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Table 1:<br />

Hydraulic load, mean water quality and overall m<strong>as</strong>s removal efficiency<br />

of pollutants for Langside pond/wetland for five periods, 2005<br />

Start<br />

time<br />

End<br />

time<br />

Hydraulic<br />

load<br />

Mean concentration (mg/L) inlet/outlet<br />

(Days 2005) (m 3 /day) SS NH 4<br />

- N TN TP<br />

138.6 144.6 0.32 115/47.8 0.17/0.32 2.78/2.77 0.24/0.30<br />

150.7 158.6 1.27 44.0/22.4 0.31/0.39 3.04/2.93 0.15/0.20<br />

158.6 161.3 0.41 10.9/13.8 0.30/0.11 1.41/2.60 0.06/0.17<br />

161.3 164.3 0.58 20.4/15.5 0.36/0.23 2.83/2.15 0.18/0.12<br />

171.6 172.5 1.40 121/37.3 0.34/0.14 3.20/2.57 0.41/0.22<br />

Overall removal efficiency 53% -15% 4% -12%<br />

Comparison of Biodiversity between existing Farm Pond/Wetland Systems<br />

Me<strong>as</strong>ures of the abundance, richness and diversity (the Shannon diversity<br />

index, commonly used to describe the value of a habitat) for vegetation and<br />

macroinvertebrates are shown in Table 2 for the three farm wetland/pond systems<br />

surveyed in July 2005. For vegetation, the highest species richness is found at<br />

Langside, the highest abundance and Shannon diversity at Old C<strong>as</strong>tle, while Black<br />

Loch h<strong>as</strong> the lowest abundance, richness and diversity. Although the Old C<strong>as</strong>tle<br />

system is considerably younger than Langside, vegetation is clearly very well<br />

established. For macroinvertebrates, the highest richness and Shannon diversity<br />

occurs at Old C<strong>as</strong>tle and Langside, while the lowest diversity is at Black Loch and<br />

the lowest abundance at Langside.<br />

Table 2:<br />

Me<strong>as</strong>ures of vegetation and macroinvertebrate abundance, richness<br />

and diversity from sampling of three Scottish farm wetland/pond<br />

systems, July 2005<br />

Me<strong>as</strong>ure<br />

Pond/wetland system<br />

Old C<strong>as</strong>tle Langside Black Loch<br />

Vegetation<br />

Total abundance 22337 21771 13018<br />

Density (individuals m -2 ) 745 726 434<br />

Richness (No. of species) 17 23 15<br />

Shannon diversity index 2.01 1.55 1.42<br />

Macroinvertebrates<br />

Total abundance 814 90 1340<br />

Richness (No. of families) 20 13 11<br />

BMWP (Biological Monitoring<br />

Working Party) score<br />

37 33 24<br />

Shannon diversity index 2.30 2.29 1.18<br />

ASPT (average score per taxon) 4.63 4.71 4.00<br />

Most me<strong>as</strong>ures of abundance and diversity are similar at Old C<strong>as</strong>tle and Langside<br />

(apart from macroinvertebrate abundance and the Shannon diversity index<br />

for vegetation which are both considerably lower at Langside) but the species<br />

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