Aluminium concentrations in Swedish forest streams and co-variations with catchment characteristics

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 609-624

  Löfgren, Stefan ^a   Cory, Neil ^a   Zetterberg, Therese ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidification; Aluminium; Catchment; Forest; Sensitivity; Swedish NFI

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINIUM CONCENTRATION; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BOREAL STREAM; CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; CO-VARIATIONS; CURRENT DEPOSITION; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FOREST AREA; FOREST LAND; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MOBILISATION; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; NATURAL PROCESS; NORWAY SPRUCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL CATCHMENT; STEM VOLUME; STREAMWATER CHEMISTRY; SULPHATES; SULPHUR DEPOSITION; SURFACE WATER ACIDIFICATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AQUACULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; HYDRAULICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SULFUR;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST MANAGEMENT; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; METAL RECOVERY; NORWAY SPRUCE; PH; STREAM (RIVER); SWEDEN;

ACID RAIN; ALUMINUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; RIVERS; SULFATES; SWEDEN; TREES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM; CONCENTRATING; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HYDRAULICS; PICEA ABIES; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77954142819     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1027-1     Document Type: Article

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