Tracking long-term acidification trends in pockwock lake (Halifax, Nova Scotia), the water supply for a major eastern Canadian city

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-286

  Tropea, Amy E ^a   Ginn, Brian K ^a   Cumming, Brian F ^a   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidic deposition; Halifax; LRTAP; Nova Scotia; Paleolimnology; Surface water acidification; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952652052     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140709354016     Document Type: Article

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