Acidification in European mountain lake districts: A regional assessment of critical load exceedance

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-251

  Curtis, Chris J ^a   Botev, Ivan ^b   Camarero, Lluis ^c   Catalan, Jordi ^c   Cogalniceanu, Dan ^d   Hughes, Mike ^a   Kernan, Martin ^a   Kopáček, Jiří ^e   Korhola, Atte ^f   Psenner, Roland ^g   Rogora, Michela ^h   Stuchlík, Evžen ⁱ   Veronesi, Mauro ^j   Wright, Richard F ^k  

^a Environmental Change Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^e INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^h CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^j Uff Protezione e Depurazione Acque SPAAS ^*  (Switzerland)

^k NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Alpine lakes; EMERGE; FAB model; Nitrogen; Regionalisation; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CRITICAL LOAD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE;

EID: 25444473889     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-005-0742-0     Document Type: Article

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