The Humic Lake Acidification Experiment (HUMEX): Impacts of acid treatment on periphyton growth and nutrient availability in Lake Skjervatjern, Norway

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 629-642

  Lindstrøm, Eli Anne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CHLOROPHYLL A;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LAKE; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA;

ALGAE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLOROPHYLL; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHATES; SULFURIC ACID; SURFACE WATERS;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID TREATMENT; BICARBONATE; BIOAVAILABILITY; HUMIC LAKE ACIDIFICATION EXPERIMENT; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; PERIPHYTON GROWTH;

LAKES;

ACIDIFICATION; HUMIC LAKE; HUMIC LAKE ACIDIFICATION EXPERIMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERIPHYTON GROWTH;

NORWAY, LAKE SKJERVATJERN;

EID: 0030303494     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0160-4120(96)00054-2     Document Type: Article

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