Watershed nitrogen and mercury geochemical fluxes integrate landscape factors in long-term research watersheds at Acadia National Park, Maine, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 9-25

  Kahl, J S ^a,f   Nelson, S J ^a   Fernandez, I ^a   Haines, T ^a,b   Norton, S ^a   Wiersma, G B ^a   Jacobson, G ^a   Amirbahman, A ^a   Johnson, K ^a   Schauffler, M ^a   Rustad, L ^c   Tonnessen, K ^d   Lent, R ^b   Bank, M ^a,g   Elvir, J ^a   Eckhoff, J ^a,h   Caron, H ^a   Ruck, P ^a   Parker, J ^a   Campbell, J ^c   Manski, D ^e   Breen, R ^e   Sheehan, K ^a   Grygo, A ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e Acadia National Park   (United States)

^f PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadia National Park; Acidic deposition; Forest fire; Forest health; Hydrology; Massbalances; Mercury; Nitrogen; Paleoecology; Watershed science

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); NITROGEN; UNITED STATES;

FOREST FIRE; FOREST HEALTH; MERCURY GEOCHEMICAL FLUXES; PALEOECOLOGY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED NITROGEN; WATERSHED SCIENCE;

WATERSHEDS;

MERCURY; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER;

BIOAVAILABILITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST HEALTH; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN; PALEOECOLOGY; PROJECT DESIGN; RESEARCH PROGRAM; WATERSHED; WILDFIRE;

ACID RAIN; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM FIRE HISTORY; FOREST SOIL; FOREST STAND; FOREST STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; NATIONAL PARK; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PALEOECOLOGY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED;

ACID RAIN; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MAINE; MERCURY; NITROGEN; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA;

EID: 33847259224     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9328-0     Document Type: Review

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