Mass balances of mercury and nitrogen in burned and unburned forested watersheds at Acadia National Park, Maine, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 69-80

  Nelson, Sarah J ^a   Johnson, K B ^a   Kahl, J S ^a,c   Haines, T A ^a,b   Fernandez, I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadia National Park; DIN; Forest fire effects; Maine USA; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Nitrogen; Watershed mass balances

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRES; MERCURY (METAL); NITROGEN; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; FOREST FIRE; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; MASS BALANCE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

AMMONIA; MERCURY; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FOREST FIRE; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DRY DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FIRE HISTORY; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST SOIL; FOREST STAND; FOREST STRUCTURE; NATIONAL PARK; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION; WATERSHED;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MAINE; MERCURY; NITROGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; VOLATILIZATION; WATER MOVEMENTS;

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

EID: 33847325745     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9332-4     Document Type: Article

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