Soil solution chemical response to two decades of experimental acidification at the bear brook watershed in Maine

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 6171-6186

  Fatemi, Farrah R ^a   Fernandez, Ivan J ^b   Szillery, Johanna ^c   Norton, Stephen A ^b   Rustad, Lindsey E ^d  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c SW Cole Engineering ^*  (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Forest ecosystem; New England; Nitrogen pollution; Soil solution; Watershed manipulation

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NEW ENGLAND; NITROGEN POLLUTION; SOIL SOLUTIONS;

ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; LANDFORMS; SORPTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CATION; HYDROGEN; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE;

ACIDIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITROGEN; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

BEAR BROOK; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870243118     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1348-5     Document Type: Article

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