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Watershed descriptors have been obtained or compiled for 1439 watersheds in the northeastern and upper midwestern United States. A methodology, which combines multiple linear regression procedures with a simple deterministic model for alkalinity shows promise as a tool for acid precipitation assessements. Mean absolute errors in predicted lake alkalinity concentrations of approximately ± 100 μeq L−1 were obtained with no significant difference (at the 0.05 significance level) between predicted and observed alkalinity histograms. Estimates of the lake resources-at-risk across the depositional gradient from Minnesota to the Adirondack Park of New York were established.
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Schnoor, J.L., Lee, S., Nikolaidis, N.P. et al. Lake resources at risk to acidic deposition in the eastern United States. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 31, 1091–1101 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00284254
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