Watershed sulfur biogeochemistry: Shift from atmospheric deposition dominance to climatic regulation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5267-5271

  Mitchell, Myron J ^a   Likens, Gene E ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC S DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS; CLIMATIC FACTORS; DRAINAGE WATER; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; HUBBARD BROOK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; INTERNAL SOURCE; LONG TERM RECORDS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICAN; STREAM WATER; WATER FLUX;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BUDGET CONTROL; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; SULFUR; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM ION; CATION; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; PROTON; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOMINANCE; FORESTED CATCHMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOBILIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SULFATE; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOCHEMISTRY; NORTH AMERICA; PRECIPITATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERSHED;

CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CLIMATE; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNITED STATES; WATER;

HUBBARD BROOK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959251790     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200844n     Document Type: Article

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