Critical loads for inorganic nitrogen deposition in the Colorado Front Range, USA

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1648-1665

  Williams, Mark W ^a   Tonnessen, Kathy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification of surface waters from N deposition; Colorado Front Range (Rocky Mountains, USA); Critical loads; Lakes; N deposition, determining critical loads wetfall; National parks; Streams; Wilderness areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033675686     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[1648:CLFIND]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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