Ecological effects of nitrogen and sulfur air pollution in the US: What do we know?

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 365-372

  Greaver, Tara L ^a   Sullivan, Timothy J ^b   Herrick, Jeffrey D ^a   Barber, Mary C ^c   Baron, Jill S ^d   Cosby, Bernard J ^e   Deerhake, Marion E ^c   Dennis, Robin L ^a   Dubois, Jean Jacques B ^a   Goodale, Christine L ^f   Herlihy, Alan T ^g   Lawrence, Gregory B ^d   Liu, Lingli ^a   Lynch, Jason A ^a   Novak, Kristopher J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b E and S Environmental Chemistry   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GAS PHASE REACTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERTURBATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865680208     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/110049     Document Type: Review

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