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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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