Integrated lake-watershed acidification study: proceedings of the ILWAS annual review conference. [Lead abstract]
The Integrated Lake-Watershed Acidification Study (ILWAS) was initiated in 1978, under sponsorship of the Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (EPRI), to study and detail lake acidification processes for three lake watershed basins in the Adirondack Park region of New York. The three basins (Woods, Sagamore, and Panther) receive similar amounts of acid deposition yet have dissimilar lake water pH values, indicating unequal acid neutralizing capacities among the watersheds. This report contains a compilation of 14 papers presented by the ILWAS investigators at the Annual Review Meeting held at Sagamore Lake Conference Center October 1980. Relevant topics include: study overview; characterization of wet and dry deposition; evaluation of sampling methods for throughfall under various canopies; watershed soil structure, permeability, mineralogy, and aluminum dynamics; mineralization and decomposition attributed to microbial activity during acidification; lake water chemistry and analyses of processes leading to acidification of lake waters during spring snowmelt; sediment studies including an assessment of historical lake pH as determined by diatom analysis, levels of trace elements and PAHs; and effects of acidification on lead mobility in the sediment.
- Research Organization:
- Tetra Tech, Inc., Lafayette, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6241043
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-EA-2827; CONF-8010319-; ON: DE83901460
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ABSTRACTS
ACID RAIN
ACIDIFICATION
AROMATICS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHEMISTRY
DEPOSITION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROLOGY
LAKES
LEAD
LEADING ABSTRACT
MEETINGS
METALS
MINERALOGY
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERMEABILITY
PH VALUE
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING
PROCEEDINGS
RAIN
SEDIMENTS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SURFACE WATERS
WASHOUT
WATER CHEMISTRY
WATERSHEDS