Scottish Coastal Observatory - Loch Maddy - Phytoplankton counts - Target Species
- Scottish Coastal Observatory - Loch Maddy Site
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Loch Maddy is a large ecosystem of shallow lochs ecompassing a wide range of habitats and features including reefs, lagoons, mudflats and sandbanks. The area has been proposed as a UK Marine Special Area of Conversation and the local community...
This site is run by Ewen Nicholson, a local fisherman. The temperature logger is deployed in a pipe attached to the fishery pier and can be changed at low water spring tide, when the top of the pipe is uncovered
Sea surface temperatures have been taken at Keppel Pier since the mid-1950's as part of the research at the University Marine Biological Station at Millport, forming one of the longest ongoing datasets available. Marine Scotland has been...