A consideration of potential confounding factors limiting chemical and biological recovery at Lochnagar, a remote mountain loch in Scotland

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-76

  Rose, Neil ^a   Monteith, Don ^a   Kettle, Helen ^b   Thompson, Roy ^b   Yang, Handong ^a   Muir, Derek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidification; Atmospheric deposition; Climate change; Persistent organic pollutants; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; TRACE METAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAMPIAN; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3543146668     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2004.63     Document Type: Article

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