Lake acidification

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · Environment; (United States)

OSTI ID:6128574

Dobson, J E; Peplies, R W; Rush, R M

This paper examined a National Research Council (NRC) report called Acid Deposition: Long-Term Trends. The report has been the final word on acid deposition as the cause of acidification of lakes. The authors considered it important that the tentative nature of this report be kept in perspective so that the work of the NRC would promote rather than inhibit scientific inquiry on the lake acidification issue. In this spirit, this report proposed that degradation of storm damaged trees could increase the acidity of the forest humus and as a result the ground water which would fed local streams and lakes. They proposed that extensive forest blowdown could be a factor in acidification of surface waters.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6128574
• Journal Information: Environment; (United States), Journal Name: Environment; (United States) Vol. 29:5; ISSN ENVTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
ACIDIFICATION
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS
ANIMALS
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BIODEGRADATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
DECOMPOSITION
DISASTERS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FISHES
HUMUS
INJURIES
LAKES
MASS TRANSFER
MOUNTAINS
PH VALUE
PLANTS
RAIN
RUNOFF
SOIL CHEMISTRY
SOILS
STORMS
SURFACE WATERS
TREES
VERTEBRATES
WATERSHEDS