Dynamic modelling of recovery from acidification of lakes in Killarney Park, Ontario, Canada

Ambio

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 244-248

  Larssen, Thorjørn ^a,b   Brereton, Christine ^c   Gunn, John M ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; LAKE WATER; SULFUR EMISSION; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; KILLARNEY PARK; ONTARIO;

EID: 0037900134     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.3.244     Document Type: Article

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