Persistent surface water acidification in an organic soil-dominated upland region subject to high atmospheric deposition: The North York Moors, UK

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 37, Issue PART B, 2014, Pages 304-316

  Evans, Chris D ^a   Chadwick, Tom ^b   Norris, David ^a   Rowe, Edwin C ^a   Heaton, Tim H E ^c   Brown, Philip ^d   Battarbee, Richard W ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b not available   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d Philip Brown   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidification; DOC; Long term monitoring; Nitrogen; North York Moors; Peat; Sulphur; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATA STREAMS; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PEAT; POLLUTION DETECTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

AIR POLLUTION IMPACT; ALUMINIUM CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LONG TERM MONITORING; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; SURFACE WATER ACIDIFICATION; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTION;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITROGEN; PEAT; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER; UPLAND REGION; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN; PEAT; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

ENGLAND; NORTH YORK MOORS; NORTH YORKSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84890118607     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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