We conducted annual surveys of aquatic plants and invertebrates and recorded any changes from year to year to assess key water quality indicators which local communities can continue to monitor in the future.
As sediment (mud) accumulates at the bottom of lakes it stores a record of change within the lake over time. By taking a deep narrow column of this mud, known as a sediment core, we can look back at the history of the lake and assess how pollution inputs have changed over time.
The Aquatic Biomonitoring project was led by University College London.