Exploring the long-term response of undisturbed Mediterranean catchments to changes in atmospheric inputs through time series analysis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 458-460, Issue , 2013, Pages 535-545

  Bernal, S ^a   Belillas, C ^b   Ibanez J J ^b   Avila A ^b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Heathlands; Long term trends; Mediterranean catchment; Stream water chemistry; Water residence time

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; HEATHLANDS; LONG-TERM TREND; MEDITERRANEAN CATCHMENT; STREAMWATER CHEMISTRY; WATER RESIDENCE TIME;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENTS;

CHLORIDE; NITROGEN; SULFATE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; STREAMWATER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; HYDROLOGY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; RIVERS; SULFATES; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84878208582     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.072     Document Type: Article

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