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R. W. Battarbee, A. C. Stevenson, B. Rippey, C. Fletcher, J. Natkanski, M. Wik, R. J. Flower, Causes of Lake Acidification in Galloway, South-West Scotland: A Palaeoecological Evaluation of the Relative Roles of Atmospheric Contamination and Catchment Change for Two Acidified Sites with Non-Afforested Catchments, Journal of Ecology, Vol. 77, No. 3 (Sep., 1989), pp. 651-672
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