Long-term effects of changing atmospheric pollution on throughfall, bulk deposition and streamwaters in a Mediterranean forest

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 544, Issue , 2016, Pages 919-928

  Aguillaume, Laura ^a   Rodrigo, Anselm ^a,b   Avila, Anna ^a,b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Canopy; Emission reductions; Nitrogen; Sulfate; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BUDGET CONTROL; EMISSION CONTROL; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CANOPY; EMISSION REDUCTION; SULFATE; THROUGHFALL;

DEPOSITION;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM SULFATE; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFUR OXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DRY DEPOSITION; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST CANOPY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; STREAMWATER; SULFATE; THROUGHFALL;

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANOPY; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPRING; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; TOPOGRAPHY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CATALONIA; MONTSENY MOUNTAINS; SPAIN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; NITRATES; RAIN; SPAIN;

EID: 84954193509     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.017     Document Type: Article

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