Assessment of lake sensitivity to acidic deposition in national parks of the Rocky Mountains

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 961-973

  Nanus, L ^a,b   Williams, M W ^b   Campbell, D H ^a   Tonnessen, K A ^c   Blett, T ^d   Clow, D W ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic solutes; Alpine; Atmospheric deposition; GIS; Lake chemistry; Monitoring; Rocky Mountains; U.S. national parks; USA

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; GIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ACID RAIN; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; PH; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACID RAIN; ALTITUDE; COLORADO; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTANA; WYOMING;

COLORADO; GLACIER NATIONAL PARK [MONTANA]; GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK; GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 66149188159     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1091.1     Document Type: Article

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