Response of acid lakes in the UK to reductions in atmospheric deposition of sulfur

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 313, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 91-100

  Cooper, David M ^a   Jenkins, Alan ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Acid waters monitoring network; Alkalinity; Sulfur; Surface waters; Trend

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; LAKES; PH EFFECTS; REDUCTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACID LAKES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

SULFUR;

ACID RAIN; ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LAKE; SULFUR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041559886     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00263-8     Document Type: Article

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