Experimental simulation of the effects of extreme climatic events on major ions, acidity and dissolved organic carbon leaching from a forested catchment, Gårdsjön, Sweden

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 455-469

  Moldan, Filip ^a   Hruška, Jakub ^b   Evans, Christopher D ^c   Hauhs, Michael ^d  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidity; Climate change; DOC; G rdsj n; Hydrological episodes; Ionic strength; Nitrogen leaching; Sea salt; Sulphate adsorption

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM; CATCHMENT; CATION; CHLORIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESORPTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HILLSLOPE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; ION EXCHANGE; LEACHING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL; NEUTRALIZATION; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEA SALT; SOIL TYPE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; SURFACE WATER;

GARDSJON; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 83555177629     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9567-6     Document Type: Article

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