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This chapter presents an overview of national-scale dynamic hydro-geochemical model applications to lake catchments in Norway, Sweden and Finland. Model simulations have been used to predict the recovery of soil and surface water chemistry in response to (1) decreased deposition of acidifying compounds, (2) the combined impacts of acidifying and climate change processes, and (3) the impacts of increased removal of forest harvesting residues for bioenergy production.
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Forsius, M. et al. (2015). National-Scale Dynamic Model Applications for Nordic Lake Catchments. In: de Vries, W., Hettelingh, JP., Posch, M. (eds) Critical Loads and Dynamic Risk Assessments. Environmental Pollution, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9508-1_18
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