dataset · Scotland
Various water quality parameters covering a pre and post-planting regime (Halladale study 1995-2010)
Our study was driven by concerns that afforesting the headwaters of the Upper Halladale River in North Scotland would affect water quality and the local salmon fishery. The main issue was the threat of increased surface water acidification due to pollutant scavenging by the growing conifer forest but there were also worries about the impact of the soil disturbance and hydrological changes accompanying ploughing and drainage operations and nutrient losses following planned fertiliser applications
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Licence: ["Forest Research must be acknowledged as the source of the data in any subsequent papers/products", "Forest Research must be acknowledged as the source of the data in any subsequent papers/products"]
Evidence quality: 43.6
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
Evidence
- https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/data.defra.gov.uk/Forestry/FC_OpenData/FR/Halladale_to2010.xlsx
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/136b45c3-e00d-45b7-89b8-f4225eda6bfb/various-water-quality-parameters-covering-a-pre-and-post-planting-regime-halladale-st-1995-2010
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