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Long-Term Changes in Boreal Lake and Stream Chemistry: Recovery From Acid Deposition and the Role of Climate

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Acid in the Environment

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In Canada, nearly 45% of the land area is considered sensitive to acid deposition. Lakes and watersheds located on the Canadian Shield are considered the most vulnerable, due to the low buffering capacity of the typically shallow soils that overlay the Shield bedrock. A large portion of eastern Canada, including much of Ontario and Quebec as well as parts of the Atlantic Provinces are underlain by silicate bedrock; these areas also receive the highest levels of acid deposition in the country.

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  1. Environmental & Resource Studies and Chemistry Departments, Trent University, Trent

    Peter J. Dillon Ph.D. (Toronto), F.R.S.C. (Professor)

  2. Environmental and Resource Studies Department, Trent University, Trent

    Shaun A. Watmough (Assistant Professor)

  3. Trent University, Trent

    M. Catherine Eimers (post Doctoral fellow)

  4. Environmental Modelling, Trent University, Trent

    Julian Aherne (Canada Research Chair)

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Dillon, P.J., Watmough, S.A., Eimers, M.C., Aherne, J. (2007). Long-Term Changes in Boreal Lake and Stream Chemistry: Recovery From Acid Deposition and the Role of Climate. In: Visgilio, G.R., Whitelaw, D.M. (eds) Acid in the Environment. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-37562-5_4

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