Episodic acidification of small streams in the northeastern united states: episodic response project

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 374-388

  Wigington Jr , P J ^a   Baker, J P ^a   Dewalle, D R ^b   Kretser, W A ^c   Murdoch, P S ^d   Simonin, H A ^e   Van Sickle, J ^f   Mcdowell, M K ^f   Peck, D V ^a,g   Barchet, W R ^h  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^f ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g Lockheed Environmental Systems and Technologies Company   (United States)

^h PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adirondack mountains; Aluminum; Brook trout; Catskill mountains; Episodic acidification; Fish populations; Northeastern U.S.; Northern appalachian Plateau; Streams; Streamwater chemistry dynamics

Indexed keywords

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

ACIDIFICATION; EPISODIC; EPISODIC RESPONSE PROJECT; FISH; STREAMWATER QUALITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

USA, NEW YORK, ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; USA, NEW YORK, CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; USA, PENNSYLVANIA, NORTHERN APPALACHIAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0030389820     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269377     Document Type: Article

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