Recent trends in chemistry and mass budget of a high altitude lake in the southern Alps (Laghetto Inferiore, Canton Ticino, Switzerland)

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-112

  Barbieri, Alberto ^a   Mosello, Rosario ^b  

^a Laboratorio Studi Ambientali   (Switzerland)

^b CNR Ist Italiano di Idrobiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidification; Alpine lakes; Deposition chemistry; Hydrochemistry; Trends; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE WATER; MASS BALANCE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0034465629     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2000.103     Document Type: Article

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