The effects of a changing pollution climate on throughfall deposition and cycling in a forested area in southern England

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 434, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-38

  Skeffington, R A ^a   Hill, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Bracken; Emission reductions; Nitrogen cycling; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; BRACKEN; EMISSION REDUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLING; THROUGHFALL;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; EMISSION CONTROL; LEACHING; REDUCTION; RUNOFF; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

FORESTRY;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; SULFUR;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDITY; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EVERGREEN TREE; FOLIAGE; LEACHING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NEUTRALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THROUGHFALL; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDITY; AMMONIUM DEPOSITION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIRCH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE DEPOSITION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OAK; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SULFUR DEPOSITION; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

CLIMATE; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; TREES;

ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; LEACHING; NITROGEN; PLANTS; RUNOFF; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 84865170500     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.038     Document Type: Article

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