Inter- and intra-annual chemical variability during the ice-free season in lakes with different flushing rates and acid deposition histories

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 21-37

  Arnott, Shelley E ^a,d   Dillon, Petter J ^b   Somers, Keith ^c   Keller, Bill ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Acidification; Flushing rates; Long term data; Variability; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; DEPOSITION; LAKES; PH EFFECTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ACID; BASE; CATION; LAKE WATER; SULFATE;

ACID DEPOSITION; ALKALINITY; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; FLUSHING; LAKE WATER; MONITORING; PH; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PH MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; WATER POLLUTION;

ACID RAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0141837904     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025540217174     Document Type: Review

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