Recovery of acidified surface waters from acidification in the United Kingdom after twenty years of chemical and biological monitoring (1988-2008)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 37, Issue PART B, 2014, Pages 267-273

  Battarbee, Richard W ^a   Shilland, Ewan M ^a   Kernan, Martin ^a   Monteith, Donald T ^b   Curtis, Chris J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Hydrochemistry; Lake sediments; Macroinvertebrates; Monitoring; Salmonid fish; Surface water acidification

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; LAKE SEDIMENTS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; SALMONID FISH; SURFACE WATER ACIDIFICATION;

ACIDIFICATION; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAKES; MONITORING; NITROGEN; PAPER; REFORESTATION;

RECOVERY;

ACIDIFICATION; AFFORESTATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAND USE CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SALMONID; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SPECIES RICHNESS; SURFACE WATER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84890118271     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.10.011     Document Type: Review

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