Developing conceptual frameworks for the recovery of aquatic biota from acidification

Ambio

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-169

  Yan, Norman D ^a   Leung, Brian ^b   Keller, Wendel ^c,d   Arnott, Shelley E ^e   Gunn, John M ^d   Raddum, Gunnar G ^f  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; SULFUR EMISSION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0038237581     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.3.165     Document Type: Article

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