The United Kingdom Acid Waters Monitoring Network: A review of the first 15 years and introduction to the special issue

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-13

  Monteith, D T ^a   Evans, C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidification; Biological recovery; Chemical recovery; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; LAKES; PH EFFECTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; SULFUR; SURFACE WATERS; TOXICITY;

ACIDIC EMISSIONS CONTROL; AQUATIC BIOTA; SURFACE WATER CHEMISTRY; UNITED KINGDOM ACID WATERS MONITORING NETWORK (AWMN);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ALUMINUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; SULFUR;

ACID WATER; ACIDIFICATION; DEPOSITION; MONITORING; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; SULFUR;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKE; REVIEW; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20444379289     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.12.027     Document Type: Article

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