Spatial and temporal distribution of ambient nitric acid and ammonia in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 11-21

  Bytnerowicz, Andrzej ^a   Fraczek, Witold ^b   Schilling, Susan ^a   Alexander, Diane ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b ESRI   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Boreal forests; Canada; Nitrogen deposition; Passive samplers; Potential phytotoxic effects

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOREAL FOREST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CANADA;

EID: 76849099877     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2010.s1.11     Document Type: Article

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