Rapid regional recovery from sulfate and nitrate pollution in streams of the western Czech Republic - Comparison to other recovering areas

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-28

  Majer, Vladimír ^a   Krám, Pavel ^a   Shanley, James B ^b  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification recovery; Nitrate; Regional hydrochemistry; Stream survey; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; NITRATES; PH EFFECTS; STREAM FLOW; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS;

ALKALINE STREAMS; HYDROCHEMICAL CHANGES; STREAM SURVEYS; SULPHATE POLLUTION;

WATER POLLUTION;

ACID; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM; NITRITE; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NITRATE; STREAM; SULFATE; WATER POLLUTION;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; PH MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; STREAM (RIVER); WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CHLORIDES; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; NORTH AMERICA; RIVERS; SULFATES; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHLORIDES; FORESTS; NITRATES; PH; STREAM FLOW; SULFATES; SURVEYS; WATER POLLUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13544253736     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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