Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Acidification trends in surface waters in the international program on acidification of rivers and lakes

  • Published:
Water, Air, and Soil Pollution Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

We applied trend analyses to data from the International Cooperative Programme for Acidification of Rivers and Lakes in an attempt to discover regional patterns of long-term changes in surface water chemistry both in Europe and North America, and to relate these changes to trends in deposition. Decreases in surface water SO4 2− concentrations predominated at European sites in the Federal Republic of Germany, The Netherlands, and in Norway, and at the North American sites in Ontario, Canada, the Adirondacks and Catskill Mountains of New York, U.S.A. Other predominating trends in the European sites were decreasing Ca2+ concentrations at many of the sites in The Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. Increases in NO3 − were observed at several sites in southern Norway, and in the Adirondack and Catskill regions of eastern New York. This, combined with an increased occurrence of declining base cation concentrations may well be responsible for the lack of documented surface water recovery from acidification. Despite region-wide trends in several variables of importance in acidification, no correlations between surface water trends and changes in deposition were found using these data.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Alley, W.M.: 1988,Water Resources Res. 24, 1955.

    Google Scholar 

  • Buishand, T.A., Kempen, G.T., Frantzen, A.J., Reijinders, H.F.R. and van den Eshof, A.J.: 1988,Atmos. Environ. 22, 339.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Climatedata: 1988,Climatedata User's Manual, U.S. West Optical Publishing, Denver, Co.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dillon, P.J., Lusis, M., Reid, R., and Yap, D.: 1988,Atmos. Environ. 22, 901.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Dillon, P.J., Reid, R.A., de Grosbois, E.: 1987,Nature,329, 45.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Driscoll, C.T., Likens, G.E., Hedin, L.O., Eaton, J.S., Bormann, F.H.: 1989,Environ. Sci. Technol. 23, 137.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Driscoll, C.T., and Van Dreason, R.: 1993,Water, Air, and Soil Pollut.,67, 319–344.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Erisman, J.W., de Leeuw, F.A.A.M., and van Aalst, R.M.: 1989,Atmos. Environ. 23, 1051–1062.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Fay, J.A., Golomb, D. and Zemba, S.G.: 1989,Atmos. Environ. 23, 1863.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hanssen, J.E., Pedersen, U., Shaug, J., Dovland, H., Pacyna, J.M., Semb, A., Skjelmoen, J.E.: 1990,Summary Report From the Chemical Coordinating Center for the Fourth Phase of EMEP. EMEP/CCC-Report 2/90, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Lillestrøm, Norway.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hedin, L., Grennat, L., Likens, G.E., Buishand, T.A., Galloway, J.N., Butler, T.J., and Rodhe, H.: 1994,Nature 367, 351.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hedin, L.O., Likens, G.E., and Bormann, F.H.: 1987,Nature 325, 244.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Henriksen, A. and Brakke, D.F.: 1988,Water, Air, and Soil Pollut. 42, 183.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hirsch, R.M. and Slack, J.R.: 1984,Water Resources Research 20, 727.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hirsch, R.M., Slack, J.R., and Smith, R.A.: 1982,Water Resources Research 18, 107.

    Google Scholar 

  • Iverson, T.: 1993,Atmos. Environ. 27A, 889.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jeffries, D.S., Kelso, J.R.M, Morrison, I.K.: 1988,Can.. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 45 (Suppl. 1), 3.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kellar, W., and Pitblado, J.R.: 1986,Water, Air, and Soil Pollut. 29, 285.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kellar, W., Pitblado, R. and Conroy, N.R.: 1986,Water, Air, and Soil Pollut. 31, 765–774.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Laurila, T.: 1990,Water Air, and Soil Pollut. 52, 295.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Marnette, E.C.L., Houweling, H., van Damm, H., Erisman, J.W.: 1994,Biogeochemistry 23, 119.

    Google Scholar 

  • Murdoch, P.S., Stoddard, J.L.: 1992,Water Resources Research 28, 2707.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Newell, A.D.: 1993,Water, Air, and Soil Pollut. 67, 257.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Raddum, G.G. and Fjellheim, A.: 1994, in Steinberg, C.E.W. and Wright, R.W. (eds.),Acidification of Freshwater Ecosystems: Implications for the Future.

  • Raddum, G.G., Fjellheim, A. and Hesthagen: 1988,Verh. Int. Verein. Limnology 23, 2291.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Rebsdorf, A., Thyssen, N. and Erlandsen, M.: 1991,Freshwater Biology 25, 419.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Rhode, H. and Granat, L.: 1984,Atmosph. Environ. 18, 2627.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ruijgrok, W. and Römer, F.G.: 1993,Atmosph. Environ. 27A, 637.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sandén, P., Grimval, A. and Lohm, U.: 1987,Water, Air, and Soil Pollut. 36, 259.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • SAS 1985.SAS User's Guide: Statistics, Version 5 Edition, SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC, pp 259.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schaug, J, Pedersen, U., Skjelmoen, J.E. and Kvalvågnes, I.: 1993, Data Report 1991.Monthly and Seasonal Summaries. EMEP/CCC-report 5/93. Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Lillestrøm.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schertz, T.L. and Hirsch, R.M.: 1985, ‘Trend Analysis of Weekly Acid Rain Data-1978–1983,’U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 85-4211.

  • Schuurkes, J.A.A.R. and Mosello, R.: 1988,Schwiez. Z. Hydrol. 50, 76.

    Google Scholar 

  • SFT: 1992, ‘Monitoring of Polluted Long-Range Transported Air and Precipitation,’Annual Report 1991. Norwegian State Pollution Control Authority. Oslo. Report 506/92. (Norwegian with English Summary).

    Google Scholar 

  • Sielkop, S.K. and Finkelstein, P.L.: 1987,Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 26, 980.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Simpson, J.C. and Olsen, A.R.: 1990,1987 Wet Deposition Temporal and Spatial Patterns in North America, Batelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory Report PNL-7208/UC-402. Richland, WA.

  • Sirois, A.: 1993,Atmosph. Environ. 27A, 945.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Skjelkvåle, B.L., Newell, A.D., Raddum, G.G., Johannessen, M., Tjomsland, T. and Hovind, H.: 1994,The Six Year Report: Acidification of Surface Water in Europe and North America. Dose-Response Relationships and Long-Term Trends. NIVA-Report 3041. Norwegian Institute for Water Research. Oslo, Norway.

    Google Scholar 

  • Turk, J.T., Campbell, D.H. and Spahr, N.E.: 1993,Water, Air, and Soil Pollut. 67, 415.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • UN/ECE: 1994,Effects and Control of Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, Air Pollution Studies10. 60 pp. United Nations Publications, New York and Geneva (ISBN 92-1-116602-0).

    Google Scholar 

  • van Dam, H.: 1988,Freshwater Biology 20, 157.

    Google Scholar 

  • Vet, R.J., Sukloff, W.B., Still, M.E., McNair, C.S., Martin, J.B., Kobelka, W.F. and A.J. Gaudenzi: 1989,Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CAPMoN): Precipitation data summary — 1987. Environment Canada, Measurements and Analysis Research Division, Air Quality and Inter-Environmental Research Branch, Atmospheric Environment Service, Downsview, Ontario, Canada.

    Google Scholar 

  • Webster, K.E., Brezonik, P.L. and Holdhusen, B.J.: 1993,Water, Air, and Soil Pollution.67, 397.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Webster, K.E., Newell, A.D., Baker, L.A. and Brezonik, P.L.: 1990,Nature 347, 374.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wright, R.F.: 1988,Environ. Sci. Technol. 22, 178.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wright, R.F. and Haus, M.: 1991,Proc. Royal Society of Edinburgh,97B, 169.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wright, R.F., Lotse, E. and Semb, A.: 1988,Nature 334, 670.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. Avis D. Newell

    Present address: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division, 811 SW 6th Avenue, 97204, Portland, Oregon, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  1. ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 200 SW 35th Street, 97333, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

    Avis D. Newell

  2. Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Kjelsås, P.O Box 173, 0411, Oslo, Norway

    Brit Lisa Skjelkvåle

Authors
  1. Avis D. Newell
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Brit Lisa Skjelkvåle
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

Please direct reprint requests to Dr. Robbins Church, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 200 SW 35th Street, Corvallis, OR 97333, U.S.A.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Newell, A.D., Skjelkvåle, B.L. Acidification trends in surface waters in the international program on acidification of rivers and lakes. Water Air Soil Pollut 93, 27–57 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02404746

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02404746

Key words

Search

Navigation