Temporal and spatial trends in precipitation chemistry in the Georgia Basin, British Columbia

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 4-10

  Aherne, Julian ^a   Mongeon, Alyse ^a   Watmough, Shaun A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base cations; Canada; Regression modelling; Sulphur and nitrogen; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRITICAL LOAD; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR; TREND ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GEORGIA BASIN;

EID: 76849083393     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2010.s1.4     Document Type: Article

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