A regional examination of episodic acidification response to reduced acidic deposition and the influence of plantation forests in Irish headwater streams

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 173-183

  Feeley, Hugh B ^a,b   Bruen, Michael ^a   Blacklocke, Sean ^a   Kelly Quinn, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Climate change; Dilution; Nitrate; Organic acids; Sulphate

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIC DEPOSITION; ALUMINIUM CONCENTRATION; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EPISODIC ACIDIFICATION; EPISODIC SURFACE; FOREST COVER; FORESTED CATCHMENTS; FORESTED STREAMS; HEADWATER STREAM; IRELAND; ORGANIC ANIONS; PLANTATION FORESTS; STORMWATERS; SULPHATES;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM; CATCHMENTS; CHLORINE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DILUTION; NEGATIVE IONS; NITRATES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PEAT; REDUCTION; RUNOFF; STORMS;

FORESTRY;

ALUMINUM; CHLORINE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; STORM WATER; SULFATE;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ALUMINUM; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DILUTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOREST COVER; HEADWATER; NITRATE; ORGANIC ACID; PH; PLANTATION FORESTRY; STORMWATER; STREAMWATER; SULFATE;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ANION TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; FOREST STRUCTURE; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IRELAND; LAND USE; LIMNOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STREAM (RIVER); WATER ANALYSIS;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM; DILUTION; FORESTRY; NITRATE GROUPS; ORGANIC ACIDS; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION;

IRELAND;

EID: 84869864949     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.074     Document Type: Article

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