Chemical and biological recovery from acid deposition within the Honnedaga Lake watershed, New York, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4391-4409

  Josephson, Daniel C ^a   Robinson, Jason M ^b   Chiotti, Justin ^c   Jirka, Kurt J ^a   Kraft, Clifford E ^a  

^a Department of Natural Resources Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Chemistry; Fish; Recovery; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM; CHEMISTRY; DEPOSITION; FISH; NITROGEN OXIDES; PLANKTON; RECOVERY;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON ABUNDANCES; ZOOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES;

LAKES;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFATE;

ACID DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; LAKE POLLUTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION CONTROL; REFUGE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; ACIDIFICATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BROOK TROUT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA PULICARIA; DIACYCLOPS THOMASI; EUBOSMINA LONGISPINA; LAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LEGAL ASPECT; LEPTODIAPTOMUS MINUTUS; MESOCYCLOPS EDAX; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYPHEMUS PEDICULUS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; HONNEDAGA LAKE; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; PISCES; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LAKES; NEW YORK; NITRATES; SULFATES; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84902375703     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3706-9     Document Type: Article

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