Past, present, and future exceedance of critical loads of acidity for surface waters in Finland

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4507-4514

  Posch, Maximilian ^a   Aherne, Julian ^b   Forsius, Martin ^c   Rask, Martti ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY; BROWN TROUTS; CRITICAL LOAD; CRITICAL LOAD APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EMISSION REDUCTION POLICIES; FINLAND; FINNISH LAKE; FIRST-ORDER; HARMFUL EFFECTS; HEAD WATERS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL;

ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSION CONTROL; LAKES; SULFUR;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

NITROGEN; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; CRITICAL LOAD; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EMISSION CONTROL; FUTURE PROSPECT; LAKE POLLUTION; PERCID; POLLUTION POLICY; SALMONID; SURFACE WATER; SURVEY;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FINLAND; LAKE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LAKES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; PERCHES; POPULATION DENSITY; SULFUR;

FINLAND;

SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 84859812611     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300332r     Document Type: Article

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