Paleoecological assessment of watershed history in PRIMENet watersheds at Acadia National Park, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 39-53

  Schauffler, M ^a   Nelson, S J ^a   Kahl, J S ^c   Jacobson Jr , G L ^a   Haines, T A ^a   Patterson, W A ^b   Johnson, K B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadia National Park; Disturbance history; Fire history; Fossil pollen; Maine; Paleoecology; Pollen stratigraphy; Small hollow; Soil charcoal; Spruce firforest

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHARCOAL; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; SEDIMENTS; SOFTWOODS; STRATIGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

FOSSIL POLLEN; PALEOECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN STRATIGRAPHY; SOIL CHARCOAL; WATERSHED HISTORY;

WATERSHEDS;

CHARCOAL; MERCURY; NITROGEN;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST HEALTH; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; PALEOECOLOGY; RESEARCH PROGRAM; STRATIGRAPHY; WATERSHED;

ABIES; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; ECOSYSTEM FIRE HISTORY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST STAND; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPRUCE; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY; WATERSHED;

ABIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; MAINE; MERCURY; NITROGEN; PALEODONTOLOGY; PICEA; PLANT LEAVES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHARCOAL; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HARDWOODS; SEDIMENTS; SOFTWOODS; USA; WATER SHEDS;

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

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 33847325264     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9330-6     Document Type: Article

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