Increasing frequency of Saharan rains over northeastern Spain and its ecological consequences

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 228, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 153-156

  Avila, Anna ^a   Peñuelas, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidity alkalinity; Aerosols and particles; Climate change; Nutrient inputs; Rain chemistry; Saharan dust; West Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ACID RAIN; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; MINERAL DUST; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

SPAIN;

EID: 0344348953     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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