Watershed approach: the EPRI Integrated Lake Watershed Acidification Study (ILWAS)
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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ACID RAIN
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
HYDROGEN
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
NITRATES
SULFATES
WATERSHEDS
ACIDIFICATION
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
DEPOSITION
LAKES
PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING
WATER POLLUTION
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
ECOSYSTEMS
ELEMENTS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
RAIN
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SURFACE WATERS
520200* - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)