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Elevated levels of aluminum in acidic surface waters have been attributed to the dissolution of soil minerals by acidic atmospheric deposition (Dickson, 1978; Johnson et al., 1981). There is currently considerable interest in aqueous chemistry of aluminum because of its role, a) as a toxicant to aquatic organisms (Baker and Schofield 1982), b) in the cycling of orthophosphate and organic carbon (Dickson, 1978), and c) as a pH buffer (Dickson, 1978; Driscoll and Bisogni, 1984). In this study we evaluated the chemistry of aluminum in an acidic drainage lake.
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Driscoll, C.T., Schafran, G.C. (1984). The Chemistry of Aluminum in an Acidic Lake in the Adirondack Region of New York State, USA. In: Kramer, C.J.M., Duinker, J.C. (eds) Complexation of trace metals in natural waters. Developments in Biogeochemistry, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6167-8_21
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