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A watershed acidification model is modified to include organic acids and applied to the colored Moose Pit Brook and Mersey River in Nova Scotia. Comparison with 1983–1985 data confirmed the capability of the model to explain the different levels of organic and inorganic acidity exhibited in these two rivers. Based on the charge balance approach and a triprotic organic acid model, the charge density was found to be about 4 μeq organic anions per mg C of dissolved organic C for these two rivers.
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Lam, D.C.L., Bobba, A.G., Bourbonniere, R.A. et al. Modeling organic and inorganic acidity in two Nova Scotia rivers. Water Air Soil Pollut 46, 277–287 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00192863
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