Changes in acid precipitation-related water chemistry of lakes from Southwestern New Brunswick, Canada, 1986-2001

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 39-52

  Pilgrim, Wilf ^a   Clair, T A ^b   Choate, J ^a   Hughes, R ^a  

^a Environ Plan and Sciences Branch   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid neutralization capacity; Acid recovery; Acidification; Bay of fundy; Lake chemistry; New Brunswick; Nitrate; Sulphate

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM; COLOR; GRANITE; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

WATER CHEMISTRY;

LAKES;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM ION; LAKE WATER; NITRATE; PROTON; SULFATE;

ACID RAIN; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; LAKE WATER; NITRATE; PH; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANITE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PH MEASUREMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACID RAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NEW BRUNSWICK; NITRATES; SULFATES; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA;

EID: 0141726545     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025592202153     Document Type: Article

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