Critical loads of acidity for surface waters in South-Central Ontario, Canada: Regional application of the First-order Acidity Balance (FAB) model

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 25-36

  Aherne, Julian ^a   Posch, M ^b   Dillon, P J ^a   Henriksen, A ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Acidification; Critical load; Exceedance; FAB model; Lakes; Muskoka; Nitrogen; Sulphate

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CRITICAL LOAD; EMISSION CONTROL; LAKE POLLUTION; SULFUR EMISSION;

CANADA; MUSKOKA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 4344624642     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WAFO.0000028342.21104.02     Document Type: Article

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