Changes in the chemistry of acidified Adirondack streams from the early 1980s to 2008

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2750-2758

  Lawrence, G B ^a   Simonin, H A ^b   Baldigo, B P ^a   Roy, K M ^b   Capone, S B ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c Adirondack Lakes Survey Cooperation   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic deposition; Base cation surplus; Calcium leaching; Dissolved organic carbon; Stream chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC DEPOSITION; BASE CATIONS; CALCIUM LEACHING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; STREAM CHEMISTRY;

CALCIUM; LEACHING; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; STREAM FLOW; SULFUR; WATER ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CALCIUM; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CALCIUM; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LEACHING; PH; STREAM; SULFUR; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEACHING; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; STREAM (RIVER); WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING;

ACID RAIN; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NEW YORK; RIVERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 80052306039     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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