Norwegian lakes show widespread recovery from acidification; results from national surveys of lakewater chemistry 1986-1997

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 555-562

  Skjelkvåle, Brit Lisa ^a   Wright, Richard F ^a   Henriksen, Arne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; LAKE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

NORWAY;

EID: 0032443065     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-2-555-1998     Document Type: Article

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