Past and future chemistry changes in acidified Nova Scotian Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) rivers: A dynamic modeling approach

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1965-1975

  Clair, Thomas A ^a   Dennis, Ian F ^a   Amiro, Peter G ^b   Cosby, B J ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GROUNDWATER; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 14644431033     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-196     Document Type: Article

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