The environmental implications of full-scale liming need to be more fully understood before liming is embraced to mitigate the effects of acid rain.
Moreover, officials need to question whether liming would in fact relieve current pressures on polluters to abate acid-causing emissions. Would it, paradoxically, be a license to pollute? Notwithstanding its cost-effectiveness, liming would seem a far less attractive strategy if it inhibited acid-rain abatement efforts, let alone if it actually resulted in increased acid deposition.
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These compounds are strong acids and they are highly soluble in water and they dissolve in the water droplets within clouds. Most of the nitrogen and sulfur oxides result from human activities. Iversen, J. Jansson, M. Induction of high phosphatase activity by aluminum in acid lakes. Johansson, K.
Acidification of surface waters in Sweden — effects and extent Drottningholm 6, pp. Kjellberg, G. Leivestad, H. Effects of acid precipitation on freshwater organisms. In: Braekke, F. Population ecology of salmonid populations on the verge of extinction in acid environments.
Drottningholm 81— Lohammar, G. The vegetation of Swedish lakes. Acta phytogeogr. Lundh, I. Drottningholm 7: 24 in Swedish, with English summary. Macan, T. Changes in the vegetation of a moorland fishpond in twenty-one years. Moore, J. The role of algae in the diet of Asellus aquaticus L. Mossberg, P. Benthos of oligotrophic and acid lakes.
Drottningholm 40 in Swedish, with English summary. Drottningholm 9: 23 in Swedish, with English summary. Bottom fauna of small acid forest lakes.
Drottningholm 77— Muniz, I. Acidification — effects on aquatic organisms. In: Faxxolare, R. Beyond the Energy Crisis. Opportunity and Challange, pp. Pergamon Press, New York. Acidification — effects on freshwater fish.
Pejler, B. Taxonomical and ecological studies on planktic Rotatoria from central Sweden. Pourriot, R. Food and feeding habits of Rotifera.
Raddum, G. Chironomid communities in Norwegian lakes with different degree of acidification. The water quality requirements of phytoplankton. Bd, SNV Rapp. Saether, O. Chironomid communities as water quality indicators. Sand-Jensen, K. Macrophytes and chemistry of acidic streams from lignite mining areas. Calculating overall effectiveness category Expert assessment panel.
Background information and definitions Water bodies can become acidified from atmospheric pollution that includes sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which fall as acid rain. Study locations. Key messages One before-and-after study in the UK found that adding limestone to ponds resulted in establishment of one of three translocated populations of natterjack toads. About key messages Key messages provide a descriptive index to studies we have found that test this intervention. Study and other actions tested Referenced paper Bellemakers M.
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