Recently surveyed lakes in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada: Characteristics and critical loads of acidity

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 45-55

  Jeffries, Dean S ^a   Semkin, Raymond G ^a   Gibson, John J ^b   Wong, Isaac ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid sensitivity; Acidification status; Critical loads and exceedances; Lake chemistry; Regional lake survey

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CRITICAL LOAD; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; MANITOBA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 76849104269     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2010.s1.45     Document Type: Article

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