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A case study of polluted estuaries in South West England
A number of independent studies have been carried out on severely contamin-
ated estuaries in South West England, and these give some interesting insights
into the difficulties that can be faced by ecological monitoring. Restronguet
Creek, one of the tributaries of the Fal, and the Hayle estuary ( Fig. 7.2 ) , receive

CORNWALL

DEVON

KINGSBRIDGE ESTUARY

ST IVES BAY

FAL ESTUARY

HAYLE ESTUARY

ST IVES

11

LELANT HAYLE

N

10

0 3 km

1

9

7 6

5

Restronguet Creek

8

4

PENRYN

2

FALMOUTH

Figure 7.2. Location of sites in the Fal and Hayle estuaries at which bacterial
communities have been characterised using T-RFLP analysis, and location of these two
estuaries within South West England. Further details are given by Ogilvie and Grant
( 2008 ).