Patterns of streamwater acidity in Lye Brook Wilderness, Vermont, USA

Environmental Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 234-248

  Campbell, John L ^a   Eagar, Christopher ^a   McDowell, William H ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic deposition; Cation exchange capacity; Stream chemistry; Watershed; Wetland; Wilderness

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; NEGATIVE IONS; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS;

AQUATIC SPECIES;

WATER QUALITY;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARBON;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDITY; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; STREAMWATER; WILDERNESS AREA;

ACIDITY; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; LAW; PH; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; VERMONT; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0036674740     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-001-0067-2     Document Type: Article

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