Abstract [eng] The Asian clam Corbicula fluminea was first recorded from the Barrow River in
Ireland in April 2010. There are five separate concentrations known to exist. Four of these …

Executive Summary The Water Framework Directive (WFD)(2000/60/EC) came into force in
2000 and was subsequently transposed into Irish law in 2003 (SI No. 722 of 2003), with the …

Aim Large‐scale effects of climatic fluctuations can be masked by local microclimatic
variability, allowing species to retain fragments of their original ranges. However …

Abstract Pollan, Coregonus autumnalis pollan Thompson, requires an appropriate
standardised sampling protocol for conservation assessments. The suitability of …

The authors discuss a research on acoustic communication in freshwater species in Ireland.
They provide a detailed account on the use of sounds produced naturally by fish in different …

Preliminary Synopsis of the WFD Surveillance Monitoring Fish Stock Survey on Lough Lene
in the Western River Basin District, Aug Page 1 1 Page 2 1 Water Framework Directive Fish …

Ireland's current freshwater fish fauna is represented by a relatively small amalgam of
species, including pre-glacial relict populations, post-glacial colonisers, species introduced …

Coregonus pollan Thompson, 1835 is an Irish endemic whitefish with five known lake
populations. Lough Derg has the most downstream population of three lakes in the Shannon …

Lough Ree is the third largest lake in the Republic of Ireland, after Lough Corrib and Lough
Derg (Plates 1.1 and 1.2, Figure 1.1). It is the middle of the three large Shannon lakes; …

3.1. 1 Importance of Lough Neagh and the potential impact of a zebra mussel invasion
Lough Neagh is a place of economic, ecological and historic importance in Northern Ireland …