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Kejimkujik Calibrated Catchments: a benchmark dataset for long-term impacts of terrestrial acidification
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  • Shannon Sterling,
  • Tom Clair,
  • Edmund Halfyard,
  • Kevin Keys,
  • Lobke Rotteveel,
  • Nelaon O'Driscoll
Shannon Sterling
Dalhousie University

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Tom Clair
Dalhousie University
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Edmund Halfyard
Nova Scotia Salmon Association and Perrennia
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Kevin Keys
Government of Nova Scotia
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Lobke Rotteveel
Dalhousie University
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Nelaon O'Driscoll
Acadia University
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Abstract

Delays in forest recovery from terrestrial acidification combined with climate change is leading Acadian Forest ecosystems into new territory. Kejimkujik Calibrated Catchments (KCC) Study Program was established in an around Kejimkujik National Park and Historic Site (KNPHS) in Southwest Nova Scotia (SWNS) in the late 1970s to increase our understanding of the impacts of acid precipitation on relatively pristine ecosystems. KCC now have one of the longest continuously monitored water chemistry records in North America, with data collection beginning in 1980. Its infrastructure includes three gauged streams, twelve forest inventory plots, an atmospheric deposition monitoring station, and three streams with continuous water quality monitoring and regular lab analysis of stream chemistry, and recent LiDAR coverage. The KCC fits into a wider network of monitored lakes. Data collected at the KCC form a key datapoint in comparisons of catchment response to terrestrial acidification in the context of a warming climate, due to their high and increasing DOC levels, highly dilute waters, lowland topography and extensive wetlands. KCC are also emerging as an important source of information for species at risk protection as SWNS was declared one of the 11 national priority places for biodiversity protection.
22 Oct 2020Submitted to Hydrological Processes
22 Oct 2020Submission Checks Completed
22 Oct 2020Assigned to Editor
22 Oct 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
17 Dec 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
28 Dec 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Major
01 Mar 20211st Revision Received
02 Mar 2021Assigned to Editor
02 Mar 2021Submission Checks Completed
02 Mar 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
13 Mar 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
21 Apr 2021Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
27 May 20212nd Revision Received
28 May 2021Assigned to Editor
28 May 2021Submission Checks Completed
28 May 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
13 Jun 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
15 Jun 2021Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
27 Jul 20213rd Revision Received
28 Jul 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
28 Jul 2021Submission Checks Completed
28 Jul 2021Assigned to Editor
23 Aug 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
23 Aug 2021Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
09 Dec 20214th Revision Received
10 Dec 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
10 Dec 2021Submission Checks Completed
10 Dec 2021Assigned to Editor
10 Dec 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
13 Dec 2021Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
14 Dec 20215th Revision Received
16 Dec 2021Submission Checks Completed
16 Dec 2021Assigned to Editor
16 Dec 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
16 Dec 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
05 Jan 2022Editorial Decision: Accept
Feb 2022Published in Hydrological Processes volume 36 issue 2. 10.1002/hyp.14477