Watershed approach: the EPRI Integrated Lake Watershed Acidification Study (ILWAS)

Book · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6272269

Johannes, A H; Goldstein, R A; Chen, C W

A brief overview is given of the philosophy and organization of the Integrated Lake Watershed Acidification Study (ILWAS). These data are used for detailed watershed budgets and to establish a benchmark for future ecological effects studies in the Adirondacks. An intensive, integrated, five-year study of three forested watersheds was established to determine how lake waters become acidified and to quantify the train of events occurring as acid precipitation becomes lake water. The study integrated management questions into the scientific research at the planning stage. The total system was divided into compartments for detailed scientific analysis with a model being developed to reassemble the data from each subsection to represent the overall behavior of the system.

• OSTI ID: 6272269
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
ACIDIFICATION
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
DEPOSITION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ECOSYSTEMS
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
HYDROGEN
LAKES
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING
RAIN
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SURFACE WATERS
WATER POLLUTION
WATERSHEDS