Decadal trends reveal recent acceleration in the rate of recovery from acidification in the northeastern U.S.

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4681-4689

  Strock, Kristin E ^a   Nelson, Sarah J ^a   Kahl, Jeffrey S ^b   Saros, Jasmine E ^a   McDowell, William H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b James Sewall Company   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION; POSITIVE IONS; RECOVERY;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; ALUMINUM CONCENTRATION; CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LAKE CHEMISTRY; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; WET DEPOSITION;

LAKES;

ALUMINUM; BASE; CALCIUM; CATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PROTON; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EMISSION INVENTORY; LAKE WATER; NITRATE; PH; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WET DEPOSITION;

ACCELERATION; ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATION EXCHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DILUTION; DROUGHT; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WET DEPOSITION;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW ENGLAND; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACIDS; ALUMINUM; CATIONS; FRESH WATER; LAKES; NEW ENGLAND; NEW YORK; NITRATES; SULFATES;

EID: 84899847125     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404772n     Document Type: Article

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