Soil calcium status and the response of stream chemistry to changing acidic deposition rates

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1059-1072

  Lawrence, Gregory B ^a   David, Mark B ^b   Lovett, Gary M ^c   Murdoch, Peter S ^a   Burns, Douglas A ^a   Stoddard, John L ^e   Baldigo, Barry P ^a   Porter, James H ^d   Thompson, Andrew W ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid neutralizing capacity; Acidic deposition; Atmospheric deposition; Base cations; Calcium; Elevational gradient of stream chemistry; Leaching of soil bases; Nitrate; Soil acidification; Soil calcium depletion; Stream acidification; Stream chemistry and elevational gradient; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID NEUTRALIZATION; CALCIUM; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STREAM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

NEVERSINK RIVER BASIN; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033178810     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[1059:SCSATR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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