Drivers and evolution of episodic acidification at the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 171, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 59-69

  Laudon, Hjalmar ^b   Norton, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ANC; Bear Brook Watershed in Maine; Episodic acidification; Recovery; Streams

Indexed keywords

ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; ANC; BEAR BROOK WATERSHED IN MAINE; CHEMICAL DATA; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; EFFECTS OF ACID; EPISODIC ACIDIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HYDROLOGICAL EVENTS; PAIRED WATERSHEDS; PRE-TREATMENT; SEA SALTS; SNOW MELT; STREAMS; STREAMWATER CHEMISTRY; TRANSIENT CHANGES;

AIR POLLUTION; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; RAIN; SNOW;

WATERSHEDS;

NITRATE; SULFATE;

ACIDIFICATION; DILUTION; EPISODIC EVENT; HYDROLOGY; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID NEUTRALIZATION CAPACITY; ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EPISODIC ACIDIFICATION; HYDROLOGY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; MAINE; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BEAR BROOK; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149406324     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1526-0     Document Type: Article

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