Integrated Lake-Watershed Acidification Study (ILWAS): contributions to the international conference on the ecological impact of acid precipitation

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6772013

The Integrated Lake-Watershed Acidification Study (ILWAS) was initiated 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 observable pH values for the lakes are very dissimilar indicating unequal acid neutralizing capacities among the watersheds. This volume contains a compilation of seven papers. Relevant topics include: a characterization of the geology, hydrology, limnology and vegetation of the three study sites, an analysis of acid precipitation quality and quantity, the effects of vegetative canopy, the effects of snowmelt, the effects of winter lake stratification, comparison of heavy metal transport, examination of acidic sources other than direct precipitation, assessment of lake acidification during spring thaw and integration of all acidification components with a mathematical model.

• Research Organization: Tetra Tech, Inc., Lafayette, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6772013
• Report Number(s): EPRI-EA-1825
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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520200* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
ACIDIFICATION
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHEMISTRY
DATA
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GEOLOGY
HYDROLOGY
INFORMATION
LAKES
MASS TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
METALS
MID-ATLANTIC REGION
NEW YORK
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
PLANTS
RAIN
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
STRATIFICATION
SURFACE WATERS
USA
VARIATIONS
WATER CHEMISTRY