Acidification in the adirondacks: Defining the biota in trophic levels of 30 chemically diverse acid-impacted lakes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5721-5727

  Nierzwicki Bauer, Sandra A ^a   Boylen, Charles W ^a   Eichler, Lawrence W ^a   Harrison, James P ^a   Sutherland, James W ^b   Shaw, William ^c   Daniels, Robert A ^d   Charles, Donald F ^e   Acker, Frank W ^e   Sullivan, Timothy J ^f   Momen, Bahram ^g   Bukaveckas, Paul ^h  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NY State Dept Environ Conserv   (United States)

^c Sullivan County Community College   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^e ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f E and S Environmental Chemistry Inc   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^h VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID TOLERANCE; ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; BACTERIAL GENUS; BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; END-POINTS; MACROPHYTES; NEW YORK STATE; PER UNIT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURFICIAL GEOLOGY; TAXONOMIC GROUPS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AIR POLLUTION; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAKES; PH; POINT CONTACTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACIDS;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LAKE POLLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PH; SURFACE WATER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GEOLOGY; LAKE; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; ROTIFERA; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ACID RAIN; ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOTA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; NEW YORK; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ADIRONDACK LAKE; ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 77955105737     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1005626     Document Type: Article

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