Effects of broadleaf woodland cover on streamwater chemistry and risk assessments of streamwater acidification in acid-sensitive catchments in the UK

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-240

  Gagkas, Z ^a   Heal, K V ^a   Stuart, N ^a   Nisbet, T R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadleaf woodland; Critical loads; Forests Water Guidelines; Streamwater acidification

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZATION; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITRATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW;

ACID SENSITIVE CATCHMENTS; BROADLEAF WOODLANDS; CRITICAL LOADS; STREAMWATER ACIDIFICATION; WATER GUIDELINES;

WATER QUALITY;

ALUMINUM; NITRATE; SULFATE;

ACIDIFICATION; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CATCHMENT; CRITICAL LOAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; WOODLAND;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED KINGDOM; WATER SAMPLING;

ACID RAIN; ALUMINUM; CHLORIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; TREES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44449085924     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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