Recovery of soil water, groundwater, and streamwater from acidification at the swedish integrated monitoring catchments

Ambio

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 836-856

  Löfgren, Stefan ^a   Aastrup, Mats ^b   Bringmark, Lage ^a   Hultberg, Hans ^c   Lewin Pihlblad, Lotta ^b   Lundin, Lars ^a   Karlsson, Gunilla Pihl ^c   Thunholm, Bo ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hydrological compartments; Recovery from acidification; Soil water; Streamwater; Sulfur deposition

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; SULFATE;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NEUTRALIZATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PH; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER; STREAMWATER; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; PH; SOIL; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SOIL; SULFATES; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84856050687     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0207-8     Document Type: Article

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