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Loch_Leven (Loch Leven, Great Britian)

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Image 1 - n/a Image 2 - n/a Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 56.18803° North Longitude: 3.35165° West Elevation: 111.0 Meters Site Description: Loch Leven (56°12’N 3°23’W) is the largest shallow lake in Great Britain, located to the east of Kinross, Scotland. The instrument is located on St Serf’s island in Loch Leven, which consists of rough grazed pastureland. Nearby wetlands on the southern shore of the loch provide internationally important feeding, roosting and wintering sites for large numbers of swans, geese and ducks. Principal Investigator(s) Information: Evangelos Spyrakos E-mail: evangelos.spyrakos@stir.ac.uk Dr Evangelos Spyrakos Faculty of Natural Sciences Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling Stirling United Kingdom FK9 4LA Tel.: +44 (0) 1786 467759 Email: evangelos.spyrakos@stir.ac.uk Site Manager(s) Information: Chris MacLellan Email: chris.maclellan@ed.ac.uk Chris MacLellan NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility University of Edinburgh Grant Institute Edinburgh, EH9 3FE United Kingdom Phone: +44 131 650 8596 Email: chris.maclellan@ed.ac.uk Responsible Institution(s): University of Stirling, NERC GloboLakes, http://www.globolakes.ac.uk Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) Field Spectroscopy Facility (FSF), http://fsf.nerc.ac.uk

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