Browsing Atlantic Technological University (Galway-Mayo) by Author "Lally, Heather T."

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    • Microplastics in brown trout (Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758) from an Irish riverine system 

      O'Connor, James D.; Murphy, Sinéad; Lally, Heather T.; O'Connor, Ian; Nash, Róisín; O'Sullivan, John; Bruen, Michael; Heerey, Linda; Koelmans, Albert A.; Cullagh, Alan; Cullagh, Declan; Mahon, Anne Marie (Elsevier B.V., 2020-09-01)
      Rivers play an important role in the overall transport of microplastic pollution (1 μm to 5 mm), with fluvial dynamics expected to influence biotic interactions, particularly for fish. So far, there have been few assessments ...

    • Modelling the transfer and accumulation of microplastics in a riverine freshwater food web 

      O'Connor, James D.; Lally, Heather T.; Koelmans, Albert A.; Mahon, Anne Marie; O'Connor, Ian; Nash, Róisín; O'Sullivan, John J.; Bruen, Michael; Heerey, Linda; Murphy, Sinéad (Elsevier Ltd, 2022-02-26)
      Microplastics are a pervasive pollutant of aquatic ecosystems and are reported to interact with a wide range of aquatic biota. The complexities of natural food webs means that the transfer and accumulation of microplastics ...

    • A review of dystrophic lake and pool habitat in Europe: An Irish perspective 

      Gray, Emma; Cappelli, Giovanni; Gammell, Martin P.; Roden, Cilian M.; Lally, Heather T. (Elsevier B.V., 2022-05-13)
      Freshwater lakes and pools contained within peatlands are unique habitats that support rare and specialised species. Despite this, these ecosystems have been overlooked in conservation and management practices. One of these ...