MECHANISMS OF EPISODIC ACIDIFICATION IN LOW-ORDER STREAMS IN MAINE, USA

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作者
KAHL, JS
NORTON, SA
HAINES, TA
ROCHETTE, EA
HEATH, RH
NODVIN, SC
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[1] UNIV TENNESSEE,COOPERAT PK STUDIES UNIT,NATL PK SERV,KNOXVILLE,TN 37910
[2] UNIV MAINE,DEPT ZOOL,ORONO,ME 04469
[3] WASHINGTON STATE UNIV,DEPT AGRON & SOILS,PULLMAN,WA 99163
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10.1016/0269-7491(92)90007-W
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Five factors contribute to episodic depressions in pH and ANC during hydrologic events in low-order streams in Maine: (1) increases of up to 50-mu-eq litre-1 NO3: (2) increases of up to 75-mu-eq litre-1 organic acidity; (3) increases of as much as 0.3 in the anion fraction of SO4; (4) as much as 100-mu-eq litre-1 acidity generated by the salt-effect in soils; and (5) typically less-than-or-equal-to 40% dilution by increased discharge. In conjunction with increased discharge, factors 1, 2 or 4 appear necessary to depress pH to less than 5.0. The chemistry of individual precipitation events is irrelevant to the generation of acidic episodes, except those caused by high loading of neutral salts in coastal regions. Increases in discharge, but not necessarily in dilution of solutes, in combination with the chronically high SO4 from atmospheric deposition, provide the antecedent chemical conditions for episodic acidification. Differences in antecedent moisture conditions determine the processes that control output of either ANC or acidifying agents to aquatic systems.
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