Experimental Acidification Causes Soil Base-Cation Depletion at the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1909-1919

  Fernandez, Ivan J ^a   Rustad, Lindsey E ^b   Norton, Stephen A ^a   Kahl, Jeffrey S ^a   Cosby, Bernard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION;

SOIL TESTING;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CALCIUM; FORESTED CATCHMENT; LEACHING; MAGNESIUM; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

BEAR BROOK WATERSHED; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242507456     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2003.1909     Document Type: Article

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