Modeling future acidification and fish populations in norwegian surface waters

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 5345-5351

  Larssen, Thorjørn ^a   Cosby, Bernard J ^b   Lund, Espen ^a   Wright, Richard F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; FISHERIES; LAKES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACID DEPOSITION; ADVERSE EFFECT; BROWN TROUTS; CRITICAL LOAD; DEGREE OF RECOVERY; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; EMISSION REDUCTION; FISH POPULATIONS; HEALTHY POPULATION; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; LOWER COST; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NEW PROTOCOL; POLICY DECISIONS; QUICK RESPONSE; SPEED-UPS; WIDESPREAD DAMAGE;

COST REDUCTION;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; BIOINDICATOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; LAKE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DECLINE; SALMONID; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER; TRADE-OFF; WATER QUALITY;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN TROUT; CASE REPORT; FIELD EMISSION; FISH; HUMAN; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY;

FRESH WATER; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; SULFUR; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77954598432     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100792m     Document Type: Article

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