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            https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1053-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1053-2019
                    © Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under 
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
                the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Synchrony in catchment stream colour levels is driven by both local and regional climate
Brian C. Doyle
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                                            Centre for Freshwater and Environmental Studies (CFES), Dundalk
Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
                                        
                                    
                                            Fisheries and
Ecosystems Advisory Services (FEAS), Marine Institute, Furnace, Co. Mayo,
Ireland
                                        
                                    Elvira de Eyto
                                            Fisheries and
Ecosystems Advisory Services (FEAS), Marine Institute, Furnace, Co. Mayo,
Ireland
                                        
                                    Mary Dillane
                                            Fisheries and
Ecosystems Advisory Services (FEAS), Marine Institute, Furnace, Co. Mayo,
Ireland
                                        
                                    Russell Poole
                                            Fisheries and
Ecosystems Advisory Services (FEAS), Marine Institute, Furnace, Co. Mayo,
Ireland
                                        
                                    Valerie McCarthy
                                            Centre for Freshwater and Environmental Studies (CFES), Dundalk
Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
                                        
                                    Elizabeth Ryder
                                            Fisheries and
Ecosystems Advisory Services (FEAS), Marine Institute, Furnace, Co. Mayo,
Ireland
                                        
                                    
                                            School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
(BEES), University College Cork, College Road, Cork, Co. Cork,
Ireland
                                        
                                    Eleanor Jennings
                                            Centre for Freshwater and Environmental Studies (CFES), Dundalk
Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
                                        
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 - Effects of Consecutive Extreme Weather Events on a Temperate Dystrophic Lake: A Detailed Insight into Physical, Chemical and Biological Responses M. Calderó-Pascual et al. 10.3390/w12051411
 - Spawning-related movements in a salmonid appear timed to reduce exposure to visually oriented predators R. Finlay et al. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.10.004
 - Characterizing ventilation events in an anoxic coastal basin: Observed dynamics and the role of climatic drivers S. Kelly et al. 10.1002/lno.11462
 - The organic carbon budget of an oligotrophic temperate peatland lake B. Doyle et al. 10.1002/lno.12292
 - Response of lake metabolism to catchment inputs inferred using high‐frequency lake and stream data from across the northern hemisphere J. Corman et al. 10.1002/lno.12449
 - Impacts of a record-breaking storm on physical and biogeochemical regimes along a catchment-to-coast continuum S. Kelly et al. 10.1371/journal.pone.0235963
 - Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on Bacterial Community Composition of a Temperate Humic Lake A. Hoke et al. 10.3390/w12102757
 - From Highs to Lows: Changes in Dissolved Organic Carbon in a Peatland Catchment and Lake Following Extreme Flow Events E. Jennings et al. 10.3390/w12102843
 - Late summer peak inpCO2corresponds with catchment export of DOC in a temperate, humic lake B. Doyle et al. 10.1080/20442041.2021.1893098
 - Insights Into Spatial Synchrony Enabled by Long‐Term Data D. Reuman et al. 10.1111/ele.70112
 - Temporal and spatial use of a freshwater lake by upstream and downstream migrating adult Atlantic salmon Salmo salar D. Cotter et al. 10.1111/jfb.15953
 - Diel dissolved organic matter patterns reflect spatiotemporally varying sources and transformations along an intermittent stream R. Hale et al. 10.1002/lno.12695
 - 13 Years of Storms: An Analysis of the Effects of Storms on Lake Physics on the Atlantic Fringe of Europe M. Andersen et al. 10.3390/w12020318
 - Use of seasonal epilithic diatom assemblages to evaluate ecological status in Irish lakes B. Kennedy & Y. Buckley 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107853
 - Macrophyte habitat architecture and benthic-pelagic coupling: Photic habitat demand to build up large P storage capacity and bio-surface by underwater vegetation K. Teubner et al. 10.3389/fenvs.2022.901924
 - Dissolved organic carbon in eastern Canadian lakes: Novel patterns and relationships with regional and global factors M. Imtiazy et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138400
 - Accounting for model parameter uncertainty provides more robust projections of dissolved organic carbon dynamics to aid drinking water management R. Paíz et al. 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123238
 - Growth rates in a European eel Anguilla anguilla (L., 1758) population show a complex relationship with temperature over a seven-decade otolith biochronology L. Vaughan et al. 10.1093/icesjms/fsaa253
 - Identifying and understanding how critical landscapes for carbon sequestration respond to development for low carbon energy production: Insight to inform optimal land planning and management strategies S. Waldron et al. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125063
 - Disinfection by-product formation potential in response to variability in dissolved organic matter and nutrient inputs: Insights from a mesocosm study A. Pedregal-Montes et al. 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121791
 
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                    This study explores the drivers of variation in the water colour of rivers, and hence organic carbon export, in a blanket peatland catchment. We used 6 years of weekly river water colour data (2011 to 2016) from three proximate river sub-catchments in western Ireland. in tandem with a range of topographical, hydrological and climate data, to discover the principle environmental drivers controlling changes in colour concentration in the rivers.
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