Modelling the long-term response of stream water chemistry to forestry in Galloway, Southwest Scotland

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 37, Issue PART B, 2014, Pages 396-411

  Helliwell, R C ^a   Aherne, J ^b   Nisbet, T R ^c   Macdougall, G ^b   Broadmeadow, S ^c   Sample, J ^a   Jackson Blake, L ^a   Doughty, R ^d  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d SEPA SW Region ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ANC; Forestry; MAGIC; Salmonid fish; Soil and water acidification

Indexed keywords

ANC; AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL MODEL; MAGIC; SALMONID FISH; SOIL AND WATER; STREAMWATER CHEMISTRY; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION;

ACIDIFICATION; CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; FISH; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RECOVERY; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

ACIDIFICATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST COVER; INVERTEBRATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOORLAND; SALMONID; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SOIL POLLUTION; STREAMWATER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ACIDIFICATION; DEPOSITION; FISHES; FORESTRY; SOIL; SURFACE WATER;

GALLOWAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84890124738     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.01.031     Document Type: Article

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