Trends in surface water chemistry in acidified areas in Europe and North America from 1990 to 2008

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Garmo, Øyvind A ^a   Skjelkvåle, Brit Lisa ^a   De Wit, Heleen A ^a   Colombo, Luca ^b   Curtis, Chris ^c   Fölster, Jens ^d   Hoffmann, Andreas ^e   Hruška, Jakub ^f,g   Høgåsen, Tore ^a   Jeffries, Dean S ^h   Keller, W Bill ⁱ   Krám, Pavel ^f   Majer, Vladimir ^f   Monteith, Don T ^j   Paterson, Andrew M ^k   Rogora, Michela ^l   Rzychon, Dorota ^m   Steingruber, Sandra ⁿ   Stoddard, John L ^o   Vuorenmaa, Jussi ^p   Worsztynowicz, Adam ^m   more..

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^f CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^g INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^h ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^l CNR   (Italy)

^m INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL AREAS   (Poland)

ⁿ Ufficio Aria Clima e Energie Rinnovabili   (Switzerland)

^o U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^p FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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Author keywords

Acid deposition; Chemical recovery; Monitoring network; Surfacewaters; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); RECOVERY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFYING COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY; CHEMICAL RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; MONITORING NETWORK; SURFACE-WATER CHEMISTRY; TREND ANALYSIS;

SURFACE WATERS;

NITRATE; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER;

ACID NEUTRALIZATION; ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; NITRATE; PH; SURFACE WATER; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTION MONITORING; TREND STUDY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84893183110     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-1880-6     Document Type: Article

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