Contributions

  • United States. Forest Service. Northern Research Station - Contributor

Publication

2011 - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Newtown Square, PA, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

72,750 words, Guess

Page Count

291 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC553/.930973
  • LCCTD196.N55 A77 2011

Description

This report synthesizes current research relating atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition to effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in the United States and to identify empirical critical loads for atmospheric N deposition. The report evaluates the following receptors: freshwater diatoms, mycorrhizal fungi and other soil microbes, lichens, herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees. The main responses reported fell into two categories: (1) biogeochemical; and (2) individual species, population, and community responses. The range of critical loads for nutrient N reported for U.S. ecoregions, inland surface waters, and freshwater wetlands is presented. This range spans the range of N deposition observed over most of the country. The empirical critical loads for N tend to increase in the following sequence for four different life forms: diatoms, lichens and bryophytes, mycorrhizal fungi, herbaceous plants, shrubs, trees.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • General technical report NRS -- 80

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