Limestone treatment of Whetstone Brook, Massachusetts. I. Treatment methodology and water-chemistry changes during treatment

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 264-272

  Simmons, Kenneth R ^a   Cieslewicz, Paul G ^b,c  

^a Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINIUM; CALCIUM; FISH; LIMING; STREAMWATER QUALITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, WHETSTONE BROOK;

EID: 0030389946     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.1996.tb00178.x     Document Type: Article

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