Characterizing episodic stream acidity during stormflows in the great smoky mountains national park

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 196, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 3-18

  Deyton, Edwin B ^a   Schwartz, John S ^a   Robinson, R Bruce ^a   Neff, Keil J ^a   Moore, Stephen E ^b   Kulp, Matt A ^b  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b Great Smoky Mountains National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic deposition; Brook trout; Critical loads; Episodic acidification; Southern appalachian streams

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC DEPOSITION; BROOK TROUT; CRITICAL LOADS; EPISODIC ACIDIFICATION; SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN STREAMS;

AIR POLLUTION; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARKS; POSITIVE IONS; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID NEUTRALIZATION; ACIDITY; CATION; CRITICAL LOAD; NATIONAL PARK; ORGANIC ACID; PH; STREAM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

APPALACHIANS; GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149466604     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9753-5     Document Type: Article

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