Drought-induced sulphate release from a wetland in south-central Ontario

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 399-407

  Eimers, M Catherine ^a   Watmough, Shaun A ^a   Buttle, James M ^a   Dillon, Peter J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidification; Sulphate; Summer drought; Surface water recovery; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; LAKES; STREAM FLOW; SULFURIC ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; SULPHATE; SUMMER DROUGHT; SURFACE WATER RECOVERY;

WETLANDS;

SULFATE; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE WATER; DROUGHT; STREAMFLOW; SULFATE; SUMMER; SURFACE WATER; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CATCHMENT; CONIFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT; LAKE; OXIDATION; SPHAGNUM; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; SWAMP; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

NATURAL DISASTERS; ONTARIO; SULFATES; WETLANDS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PLASTIC LAKE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 33847662944     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9289-3     Document Type: Article

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