Sensitivity of ph in a boreal stream network to a potential decrease in base cations caused by forest harvest

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1116-1125

  Ågren, Anneli ^a   Buffam, Ishi ^b   Bishop, Kevin ^a   Laudon, Hjalmar ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FOREST COVER; FORESTED CATCHMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HARVESTING; ION EXCHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIRE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PH; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOWMELT; STREAMWATER;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77955140725     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-052     Document Type: Article

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