Chemical recovery of acidified Bohemian lakes between 1984 and 2012: The role of acid deposition and bark beetle induced forest disturbance

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 83-101

  Oulehle, Filip ^a,b   Chuman, Tomáš ^a,c   Majer, Vladimír ^a   Hruška, Jakub ^a,b  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acidification; Aluminium; Bark beetle; Land cover; Nitrogen saturation; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; BEETLE; CATCHMENT; DISTURBANCE; FOREST COVER; GLACIAL LAKE; IMMOBILIZATION; LAND COVER; LEACHING; NITROGEN; REGROWTH; SULFUR;

CERTOVO LAKE; CZECH REPUBLIC; JIHOCESKY; PLESNE LAKE; PLZENSKY;

COLEOPTERA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84889656920     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9865-x     Document Type: Article

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