The science and policy of critical loads of pollutant deposition to protect ecosystems in New York

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1313, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-68

  Sullivan, Timothy J ^a   Jenkins, Jerry ^b  

^a E and S Environmental Chemistry Inc   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification; Atmospheric deposition; Critical loads; Nutrient; Target loads

Indexed keywords

SULFUR;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NUTRIENT; POLICY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STEADY STATE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CRITICAL LOADS; NUTRIENT; TARGET LOADS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEW YORK; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84898786685     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12407     Document Type: Article

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