Acidification trends in south Swedish forest soils 1986-2008 - Slow recovery and high sensitivity to sea-salt episodes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 444, Issue , 2013, Pages 271-287

  Akselsson, Cecilia ^a   Hultberg, Hans ^b   Karlsson, Per Erik ^b   Pihl Karlsson, Gunilla ^b   Hellsten, Sofie ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidification; Forest; Nitrate leaching; Sea salt; Soil water chemistry; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION/DESORPTION; FOREST; FOREST SOILS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN RETENTION; RECOVERY PROCESS; SEA SALTS; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CHEMISTRY; SULPHUR CONCENTRATION; SULPHUR DEPOSITION; TO EFFECT;

ACIDIFICATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; REFORESTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SULFUR;

RECOVERY;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; SEA SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL WATER; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESORPTION; FOREST SOIL; NITROGEN; SEA SALT; SOIL WATER; SULFUR; TREND ANALYSIS;

ACID DEPOSITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST SOIL; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; NITRATE LEACHING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACIDS; CHLORIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SALTS; SOIL; SULFUR; SWEDEN; TREES;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84871873173     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.106     Document Type: Article

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