Acidification at Plastic Lake, Ontario: Has 20 years made a difference?

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 301-306

  Watmough, Shaun A ^a   Aherne, Julian ^a   Eimers, M Catherine ^a   Dillon, Peter J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidification; Aluminium; Calcium; Climate; Recovery; Sulphate

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; LAKE POLLUTION; SULFATE; SULFUR EMISSION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WET DEPOSITION;

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

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 34247575181     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-006-9064-z     Document Type: Article

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