Chemistry and critical loads of Alpine lakes in Canton Ticino (Southern Central Alps)

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 300-315

  Boggero, Angela ^a   Barbieri, Alberto ^b   De Jong, Jacolien ^c   Marchetto, Aldo ^a   Mosello, Rosario ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio Studi Ambientali   (Switzerland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acification; Alpine lakes; Critical loads; Hydrochemistry; Trends

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; LAKE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0031796101     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000270050043     Document Type: Article

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