Chemical fluxes in time through forest ecosystems in the UK - Soil response to pollution recovery

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1857-1869

  Vanguelova, E I ^a   Benham, S ^a   Pitman, R ^a   Moffat, A J ^a   Broadmeadow, M ^a   Nisbet, T ^a   Durrant, D ^a   Barsoum, N ^a   Wilkinson, M ^a   Bochereau, F ^a   Hutchings, T ^a   Broadmeadow, S ^a   Crow, P ^a   Taylor, P ^a   Durrant Houston, T ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Bulk precipitation; Chemical fluxes; Dissolved organic carbon; Forest ecosystems; Long term monitoring trends; Nitrogen; Soil response; Soil solution; Sulphur; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; BULK PRECIPITATION; CHEMICAL FLUX; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LONG TERM MONITORING; LONG TERM MONITORING TRENDS; SOIL RESPONSE; SOIL SOLUTIONS; THROUGHFALL;

AIR POLLUTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION DETECTION; SODIUM; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; SULFUR;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALUMINUM; CHLORIDE; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SODIUM; SULFATE; SULFUR;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; PH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SOIL TEMPERATURE; SULFUR; THROUGHFALL; TREND ANALYSIS;

ACID DEPOSITION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST SOIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PH; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHANGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GREAT BRITAIN; NITROGEN; RAIN; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SULFUR; TREES;

ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLVING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; SODIUM; SOIL; STREAM FLOW; SULFUR; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77949917363     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.10.044     Document Type: Article

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