Climate effects on sulphate flux from forested catchments in south-central Ontario

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 337-355

  Eimers, M Catherine ^a   Dillon, Peter J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Climate change; Recovery; Sulphate mass balance

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FORESTED CATCHMENT; SULFATE;

CANADA;

EID: 0036888022     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020261913618     Document Type: Article

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