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The County Clare Wetlands Survey Patrick Crushell & Peter Foss 2008 _______________________________________________________________ RED DATA BOOK – A register of threatened species that includes definitions of degrees of threat. RED DATA BOOK (lower plants) - This Red Data Book deals with Stoneworts which are recognised as a separate class, Characea, of the Green Algae Chlorophyta). Many of these species are threatened by loss of habitat or pollution. RED DATA BOOK 1 (vascular plants) This Red Data Book deals with rare and threatened flowering plants and ferns of Ireland with an account of their present distributions and conservation status. RED DATA BOOK 2 (mammals, birds, amphibians and fish) - identifies those species threatened in Ireland or those species whose populations are considered to be of international importance, though not necessarily threatened in Ireland. It details the current state of Irish vertebrates and provides a concise summary of the various legislation for each species. RIPARIAN - Of or relating to a river bank. SACs - Special Areas of Conservation have been selected from the prime examples of wildlife conservation areas in Ireland. Their legal basis from which selection is derived is The Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC of the 21st May 1992). SAC’s have also been known as cSAC’s which stands for “candidate Special Areas of Conservation”, and pcSAC’s which stands for “proposed candidate Special Areas of Conservation.” SCIENTIFIC MONITORING - this is carried out by the monitoring section of the NPWS, whose function here is to ensure that the favourable conservation status of the site is maintained and where possible improved. SEDIMENT - Solid particles that can originate by the weathering and erosion of pre-existing rock, by chemical precipitation from water, or by the breakdown of organisms. SEDIMENTARY - Formed by the deposition of sediment, i.e. rock particles or chemical precipitate, or pertaining to the process of sedimentation. SHAPEFILE - A set of files that contain a set of points, arcs, or polygons (or features) that hold tabular data and a spatial location. The tabular data makes up the attribute table (see below). This file format is used in ArcGIS software. SILICEOUS - Of or relating to rocks or sediments that contain silica and are acid. SILT - Fine sediment particles that are between 0.004-0.063 mm in diameter - component of mud. SINKHOLE - Steep-sided, enclosed depression linking to underground drainage systems in a limestone region. SLACK - Wet depression in a sand dune system or, in the case of rivers, a backwater. SLIVER POLYGON - A extremely small polygon, usually of elongated shapes, that results from errors in data capture and overlay analysis when identical linear objects fail to register. It is also known as a spurious polygon. SPAs - Special Protection Areas for Birds are areas which have been designated to ensure the conservation of certain categories of birds. Ireland is required to conserve the habitats of two categories of wild birds under the European Birds Directive (Council Directive 79/ 409/ 2nd April 1979). The NPWS is responsible for ensuring that such areas are protected from significant damage. SPECIES - the lowest unit of classification normally used for plants and animals. STRATEGY - A course of action or a broad approach towards achieving an objective. It is the general thrust of management towards achieving an objective. It is a description of how the objective is to be achieved. SUBMERSED - Submerged or covered by water. SURVEY - a) Study/visit to produce an inventory of what is present / record a situation.- b) Establishing a baseline (study). 125
The County Clare Wetlands Survey Patrick Crushell & Peter Foss 2008 _______________________________________________________________ SUSTAINABLE - The highest rate at which a renewable resource can be used without reducing its supply (without causing damage to the resource). TILL - Unsorted sediments laid down directly by glacier ice without the intervention of water. TRANSITION MIRE – Acidophilous vegetation intermediate between poor fen and ombrotrophic (rainfed) bog. TROPHIC - Of or relating to nutrient levels or nutrition. TUFA - Deposit or precipitate of calcium carbonate around calcareous springs. TURBARY – Refers to the right to harvest turf. VASCULAR PLANTS - Higher plants with specialised conducting (flowering plants), ferns and clubmosses. tissue, including angiosperms VERTEBRATES - Animals with backbones. VERY RARE - an ecological term which is applied to distribution of species when assessed on a national grid reference system. The assessment is made on the basis of the number of occupied 10 km National Grid squares. Very Rare applies to 1-2, 10 km squares in this context. 126
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