Monitoring acid waters in the U.K.: An overview of the U.K. Acid Waters Monitoring Network and summary of the first interpretative exercise

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-150

  Patrick, S ^a   Battarbee, R W ^a   Jenkins, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ACID WATERS MONITORING NETWORK; MONITORING NETWORK; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; WATER QUALITY;

UK;

EID: 0030302446     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.00075.x     Document Type: Review

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