Factors affecting acid neutralizing capacity in the Adirondack region of New York: A solute mass balance approach

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4076-4081

  Ito, Mari ^a,d   Mitchell, Myron J ^a   Driscoll, Charles T ^b   Roy, Karen M ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^d Climate Change Secretariat   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORINE; DRAINAGE; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; NITROGEN; POSITIVE IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOILS; SULFATE MINERALS; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

ACID-NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY (ANC); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBONS (DOC); LAKE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS; SOLUTE MASS BALANCE;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

ACID; ANION; BASE; CALCIUM ION; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATION; CHLORIDE ION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PROTON; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; MASS BALANCE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CLASSIFICATION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; GEOLOGY; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; LAKE; LAND DRAINAGE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; SOLUTE; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ACID RAIN; CALCIUM; CARBON; CATIONS; CHLORIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM; NEW YORK; NITRATES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PRECIPITATION; SULFATES;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20044386705     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0482132     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Driscoll, C. T.; Lawrence, G. B.; Bulger, A. J.; Butler, T. J.; Cronan, C. S.; Eagar, C.; Lambert, K. F.; Likens, G. E.; Stoddard, J. L.; Weathers, K. C. Acidic deposition in the northeastern US: sources and inputs, ecosystem effects, and management strategies. BioScience 2001, 51, 180-198.
2. Aber, J. D.; McDowell, W.; Nadelhoffer, K.; Magill, A.; Berntson, G.; Kmakea, M.; McNulty, S.; Currie, W.; Rustad, L.; Fernandez, I. Nitrogen saturation in temperate forest ecosystems - hypothesis revisited. BioScience 1998, 48, 921-934.
3. Fenn, M. E.; Poth, M. A.; Aber, J. D.; Baron, J. S.; Bormann, B. T.; Johnson, D. W.; Lemly, A. D.; McNulty, S. G.; Ryan, D. F.; Stottlemyer, R. Nitrogen excess in North American ecosystems: predisposing factors, ecosystem responses, and management strategies. Ecol. Appl. 1998, 8, 706-733.
4. Howarth, R. W.; Billen, G.; Swaney, D.; Townsend, A.; Jaworski, N.; Lajtha, K.; Downing, J. A.; Elmgren, R.; Caraco, N.; Jordan, T.; Brendse, F.; Freney, J.; Kudeyarov, V.; Murdoch, P.; Zhu, Z.-L. Regional nitrogen budgets and riverine N & P fluxes for the drainages to the North Atlantic Ocean: natural and human influences. Biogeochemistry 1996, 35, 75-139.
5. Driscoll, C. T.; Newton, R. M.; Gubala, C. P.; Baker, J. P.; Christensen, S. Adirondack Mountains. In Acidic Deposition and Aquatic Ecosystems: Regional Case Studies; Charles, D. F., Ed.; Springer-Verlag: New York, 1991; pp 133-202.
6. Kretser, W.; Gallagher, J.; Nicolette, J. Adirondack Lakes Survey, 1984-1987: An Evaluation of Fish Communities and Water Chemistry; Adirondack Lakes Survey Corp: Ray Brook, NY, 1989.
7. Clow, D. W.; Sueker, J. K. Relations between basin characteristics and stream water chemistry in alpine/subalpine basins in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Water Resour. Res. 2000, 36, 49-61.
8. D'Arcy, P.; Carignan, R. Influence of catchment topography on water chemistry in southeastern Québec Shield lakes. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1997, 54, 2215-2227.
9. Gergel, S. E.; Turner, M. G.; Kratz, T. K. Dissolved organic carbon as an indicator of the scale of watershed influence on lakes and rivers. Ecol. Appl. 1999, 9, 1377-1390.
10. Johnson, L. B.; Richards, C.; Host, G. E.; Arthur, J. W. Landscape influences on water chemistry in Midwestern stream ecosystems. Freshwater Biol. 1997, 37, 193-208.
11. Prepas, E. E.; Planas, D.; Gibson, J. J.; Vitt, D. H.; Prowse, T. D.; Dinsmore, W. P.; Halsey, L. A.; McEachern, P. M.; Paquet, S.; Scrimgeour, G. J.; Tonn, W. M.; Paszkowski, C. A.; Wolfstein, K. Landscape variables influencing nutrients and phytoplankton communities in Boreal Palin lakes of northern Alberta: a comparison of wetland- and upland-dominated catchments. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2001, 58, 1286-1299.
12. Tufford, D. L.; KcKellar, H. N., Jr.; Hussey, J. R. In-stream nonpoint source nutrient prediction with land-use proximity and seasonality. J. Environ. Qual 1998, 27, 100-111.
13. Wolock, D. M.; Fan, J.; Lawrence, G. B. Effects of basin size on low-flow stream chemistry and subsurface contact time in the Neversink River Watershed, New York. Hydrol. Process. 1997, 11, 1273-1286.
14. April, R. H.; Newton, R. M. Influence of geology on lake acidification in the ILWAS watersheds. Water, Air, Soil, Pollut. 1985, 26, 373-386.
15. Newton, R. M.; Weintraub, J.; April, R. H. The relationship between surface water chemistry and geology in the North Branch of the Moose River. Biogeochemistry 1987, 3, 21-35.
16. Sullivan, T. J.; McMartin, B.; Charles, D. F. Re-examination of the role of landscape change in the acidification of lakes in the Adirondack Mountains, New York. Sci. Total Environ. 1996, 183, 231-248.
17. Campbell, J. L.; Hornbeck, J. W.; Mitchell, M. J.; Adams, M. B.; Castro, M. S.; Driscoll, C. T.; Kahl, J. S.; Kochenderfer, J. N.; Likens, G. E.; Lynch, J. A.; Murdoch, P. S.; Nelson, S. J.; Shanley, J. B. Input-output budgets of inorganic nitrogen for 24 forest watersheds in the Northeastern United States: A review. Water, Air, Soil, Pollut. 2004, 151, 373-396.
18. Ito, M.; Mitchell, M. J.; Driscoll, C. T.; Roy, K. M. Nitrogen input-output budgets for lake-containing watersheds in the Adirondack region of New York. Biogeochemistry 2005, in press.
19. Driscoll, C.T.; Driscoll, K. M.; Roy, K. M.; Mitchell, M. J. Chemical response of lakes in the Adirondack region of New York to declines in acidic deposition. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003, 37, 2036-2042.
20. Roy, K. M.; Curran, R. P.; Barge, J. W.; Spada, D. M.; Boguchi, D. J.; Allen, E. B.; Kretser, W. A. Watershed protection for Adirondack wetlands: a demonstration-level GIS characterization of subcatchments of the Oswegatchie/Black River watershed; Final report (February 1996) prepared for the State Wetlands Protection Program; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Washington, D.C., 1996; Contract No. W-002777-01-0.
21. Ito, M.; Mitchell, M. J.; Driscoll, C. T. Spatial patterns of precipitation quantity and chemistry and air temperature in the Adirondack region of New York. Atmos. Environ. 2002, 36, 1051-1062.
22. Federer, C. A. BROOK90; A Simulation Model for Evaporation, Soil Water, and Streamflow, Versions 4, 3.3, and 3.2; Compass Brook: Durham, NH, 2001.
23. Mitchell, M. J.; McHale, P. J.; Inamdar, S.; Raynal, D. J. Role of within-lake processes and hydrobiogeochemical changes over 16 years in a watershed in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, USA. Hydrol. Process. 2001, 15, 1951-1965.
24. Roy, K. M.; Allen, E. B.; Barge, J. W.; Ross, J. A.; Curran, R. P.; Boguchi, D. J.; Franzi, D. A.; Kretser, W. A.; Frank, M. M.; Spada, D. M.; Banta, J. B. Influences of wetlands and lakes in the Adirondack Park of New York State: a catalog of existing and new GIS data layers for the 400,000-hectare Oswegatchie/Black River Watershed; Final report prepared for the State Wetlands Protection Program; U.S. Protection Agency: Washington, D.C., 1997; Grant No. CD992087-01.
25. Tarboton, D. G. TARDEM: a suite of programs for the analysis of digital elevation data; Utah State University: Logan, UT, 2000.
26. Likens, G. E.; Bormann, F. H. Biogeochemistry of a Forested Ecosystem, 2nd ed.; Springer-Verlag: New York, 1995.
27. Watmough, S. A.; Dillon, P. J. Major element fluxes from a coniferous catchment in central Ontario, 1983-1999. Biogeochemistry 2004, 67, 369-398.
28. Johnson, N. M. Acid rain neutralization by geologic materials. In Geological aspects of acid deposition; Bricker, O. P., Ed.; Butterworth Publishers: Boston, MA, 1984; pp 35-53.
29. Drever, J. I.; Clow, D. W. Weathering rates in catchments. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 1995, 31, 463-483.
30. Kelly, E. F.; Chadwick, O. A.; Hilinski, T. E. The effects of plants on mineral weathering. Biogeochemistry 1998, 42, 21-53.
31. Drever, J. I.; Zobrist, J. Chemical weathering of silicate rocks as a function of elevation in southern Swiss Alps. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1992, 56, 3209-3216.
32. Stonestrom, D. A.; White, A. F.; Akstin, K. C. Determining rates of chemical weathering in soils: solute transport versus profile evolution. J. Hydrol 1998, 209, 331-345.
33. White, A. F.; Blum, A. E.; Bullen, T. D.; Vivit, D. V.; Schultz, M.; Fitzpatrick, J. The effect of temperature on experimental and natural chemical weathering rates of granitoid rocks. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1999, 63, 3277-3291.
34. Neary, A. J.; Gizyn, W. I. Throughfall and stemflow chemistry under deciduous and coniferous forest canopies in south-central Ontario. Can. J. For. Res. 1994, 24, 1089-1100.
35. Mitsch, W. J.; Gosselink, J. G. Wetlands, 2nd ed.; Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, 1993.
36. 2, and air on methane production in flooded rice soil suspension. Water, Air, Soil, Pollut. 1998, 105, 677-684.
37. Yu, K.; Patrick, W. H. Redox range with minimum nitrous oxide and methane production in a rice soil under different pH. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2003, 67, 1952-1958.
38. Larson, G. L.; Lomnicky, G.; Hoffman, R.; Liss, W. J.; Deimling, E. Integrating physical and chemical characteristics of lakes into the glacially influenced landscape of the Northern Cascade Mountains, Washington State, USA. Environ. Manage. 1999, 24, 219-228.
39. Aber, J. D.; Melillo, J. M. Terrestrial Ecosystems; Saunders College Publishing: Philadelphia, PA, 1991.
40. April, R. H.; Newton, R. M. The geology and geochemistry of the ILWAS lake-watersheds. The Integrated Lake Watershed Acidification Study 1984, 4, 1-20.