| Title: |
Trends in the chemistry of atmospheric deposition and surface waters in the Lake Maggiore catchment
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> journal article
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| Country: |
EU Projects
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| Year: |
2001 |
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Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Vol. 5, No. 3, 379-390.
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Rogora, M.
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| Other Authors/Producers: |
Marchetto, A. & Mosello, R.
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| Author / Producer Type: |
University research group / research institute
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| Publisher: |
Macauly Land Use Research Institute
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| Publisher City: |
Aberdeen, AB15 8QH
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| Format (e.g. PDF): |
HTML
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Environmental
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Sustainable / green remediation
Diffuse pollution-->Diffuse pollution overview
Diffuse pollution-->Monitoring
Diffuse pollution-->Scales
Diffuse pollution-->Sources
Water resources and their management -->Stresses, quality and ecological status
Water resources and their management -->Water resources and their management Overview
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| Short description: |
The catchment of Lake Maggiore is the area most widely affected by acid deposition in Italy. Trend analysis was performed on long-term series of chemical data on atmospheric deposition in four streams draining forested catchments and four high mountain lakes. Improvements in water quality due to decreasing sulphate concentration and increasing pH were detected. Atmospheric deposition, however, is still providing a large and steady flux of nitrogen compounds, causing increasing nitrogen saturation in forest ecosystems and increasing nitrate levels in rivers. Other important factors controlling water acidification and recovery include the weathering of rocks and soils, which may be influenced by climate change, and the episodic deposition of Saharan calcareous dust, which contributes significantly to base cation deposition.
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Submitted By:
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Dr Stefan Gödeke WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 24/05/2007
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