• Catchment Management
• Project Background
• Monitoring
• Soil Descriptions
• Vegetation Descriptions
• Topography
• Allt a' Mharcaidh references
• Deposition Chemistry
  • Bulk deposition chemistry
  • Interception deposition chemistry
• Snow
• Vegetation community composition
• Soil characteristics and chemistry
• Ground water chemistry
• Surface water chemistry
• Automatic Weather Station (CEH)
• Current Research Project
• Management of the Reserve

Allt a' Mharcaidh Catchment: Montane project

The internationally important uplands of Scotland are home to some unique, yet fragile habitats. The fine balancing act of managing these wild places has been going on for centuries, but today they are coming under increasing threat from both climate change and pollution. The Montane project, co-ordinated by research staff at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, contributes to the understanding of how different upland ecosystems will response to changes in climate, pollution and land management.

Environmental monitoring of a sub-catchment in the Allt a’ Mharcaidh catchment allows us to map where nutrients and pollutants come from, and how they move through the upland environment.

Sub-catchment characteristics

• Soils
• Soil Water Chemistry
• Vegetation

This project is funded by the Rural and Environment Research and Analysis Directorate (RERAD) of the Scottish Goverment.

Conference posters from the montane project

• Assessing the impact of N deposition on surface water N concentrations: up-scaling from the plot to hillslope.
• Soil hydrological and hydrochemical responses in the Allt A' Mharcaidh catchment, Scotland.