Controls Over Base Cation Concentrations in Stream and River Waters: A Long-Term Analysis on the Role of Deposition and Climate

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 707-721

  Lucas, Richard W ^a   Sponseller, Ryan A ^a   Laudon, Hjalmar ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

acid deposition; calcium; hierarchical Bayesian model; magnesium; potassium; recovery; stream water chemistry; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDITY; ANNUAL VARIATION; CALCIUM; CATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOREST SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER WATER; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84880280376     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9641-8     Document Type: Article

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