Long-term (18-year) changes in sulphate concentrations in two Ontario headwater lakes and their inflows in response to decreasing deposition and climate variations

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2617-2630

  Eimers, M C ^a   Dillon, P J ^a   Watmough, S A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Climate; Recovery; Sulphur; Surface waters

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR;

ACID SENSITIVITY; CLIMATE FACTORS; SULPHATE CONCENTRATIONS; TEMPORAL PATTERNS;

LAKES;

ACID DEPOSITION; CLIMATE VARIATION; LAKE WATER; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7244223441     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5570     Document Type: Article

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