Liming of Acidified Surface Waters

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIX

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2. Liming of surface waters in Sweden — a synthesis

   • Lennart Henrikson, Y.-W. Brodin

   Pages 1-44

3. Acidification of lakes and watercourses in a global perspective

   • Y.-W. Brodin

   Pages 45-62

4. Acidification of Swedish freshwaters

   • Y.-W. Brodin

   Pages 63-80

5. Strategies and methods for freshwater liming

   • William Dickson, Y-W Brodin

   Pages 81-124

6. The effects of liming on water chemistry

   • Anders Wilander, Paul Andersson, Hans Borg, Ola Broberg

   Pages 125-178

7. The effects of liming on microbial activity and the decomposition of organic material

   • Gunnar Gahnström

   Pages 179-191

8. The effects of liming on aquatic flora

   • Stefan Larsson

   Pages 193-220

9. The effects of liming on aquatic fauna

   • Erik Degerman, Lennart Henrikson, Jan Herrmann, Per Nyberg

   Pages 221-282

10. The impact of liming on aquatic communities

    • Magnus Appelberg

    Pages 283-308

11. Liming strategies and effects: the Lake Gårdsjön case study

    • Jan-Erik Svensson, Lennart Henrikson, Stefan Larsson, Anders Wilander

    Pages 309-325

12. Liming strategies and effects: the Lake Västra Skälsjön case study

    • Per Nyberg

    Pages 327-338

13. Liming strategies and effects: the Lake Stora Härsjön case study

    • Magnus Appelberg

    Pages 339-351

14. Liming strategies and effects: the Lake Gyslättasjön case study

    • Magnus Appelberg

    Pages 353-361

15. Liming strategies and effects: the River Högvadsån case study

    • Ingemar Alenäs, Erik Degerman, Lennart Henrikson

    Pages 363-374

16. Liming strategies and effects: the Prästvallsbäcken Stream case study

    • Paul Andersson

    Pages 375-381

17. Liming effects on mercury concentrations in fish

    • Markus Meili

    Pages 383-398

18. Supplementary measures to aquatic liming

    • Björn C. Bergquist

    Pages 399-422

19. Socio-economic consequences of aquatic liming

    • Bo Bengtsson, Anders Bogelius

    Pages 423-458

Acidification is one of the most serious environmental problems, especially in Sweden, which suffers most from the consequences of acid rain. Besides international negotiations to reduce sulphur emissions - 85% of the acid load on Sweden can be traced to emissions from outside Sweden - the Swedish Government has employed large-scale operative liming activities to counteract acidification of surface waters. The scientific results show that - although acidification cannot be solved by liming - the measures taken resulted in substantially improved conditions in around 8,000 Swedish lakes and watercourses, and other countries affected by acidification may also profit from the Swedish experience.

• Acidification
• Environmental Effects
• Gewässer
• Gewässerversauerung
• Liming
• Saurer Regen
• Surface Waters
• environment
• ecotoxicology
• water quality and water pollution

"I found the book very informative and the style easy to read. There is a large bibliography accompanying each chapter and the wealth of practical data should make it a useful reference work for those interested or involved in the liming of lakes or streams." Environmental Pollution

• Municipality of Mark, Kinna, Sweden

  Lennart Henrikson

• Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Solna, Sweden

  Y. W. Brodin

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