Forest land cover continues to exacerbate freshwater acidification despite decline in sulphate emissions

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 167, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-69

  Dunford, Robert W ^a,b   Donoghue, Daniel N M ^a   Burt, Tim P ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffuse pollution; Forestry; Freshwater acidification; Galloway; Great Britain; Long term analysis; Regional scale analysis; Remote Sensing; Scavenging; Scotland

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSE POLLUTION; GALLOWAY; GREAT BRITAIN; LONG TERM ANALYSIS; REGIONAL SCALE; SCOTLAND;

ACIDIFICATION; CHLORINE; COASTAL ZONES; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SCAVENGING; STATISTICS; WATER QUALITY;

FORESTRY;

CHLORINE; FRESH WATER; SULFATE;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHLORINE; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDITY; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; FRESHWATER ACIDIFICATION; LAND USE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; FRESH WATER; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SCOTLAND; SEAWATER; SULFATES; TREES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDIFICATION; CHLORINE; COASTS; FRESH WATER; GREAT BRITAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

GALLOWAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860523905     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.03.022     Document Type: Article

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