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- Title
Nitrogen Saturation in Northern Forest Ecosystems.
- Authors
Aber, John D.; Nadelhoffer, Knute J.; Steudler, Paul; Melillo, Jerry M.
- Abstract
Presents a series of hypotheses regarding the stages of forest ecosystem response to chronic nitrogen deposition from fossil fuel combustion. Discussion of the human contribution to pollutants in the atmosphere and deposition rates on the surface; Effects of nitrogen emissions on air quality, ozone, water quality and forest health; Definition of nitrogen saturation; Stages in the development of nitrogen saturation; Interactions with other forms of air pollution; Ongoing research.
- Subjects
FORESTS &; forestry; NITROGEN content of fossil fuels; EFFECT of atmospheric deposition on plants; ATMOSPHERIC deposition; BIOSPHERE; NITROGEN; BIOTIC communities; ECOSYSTEM management; NITROGEN in water; AIR pollution; FOSSIL fuels; GAS as fuel; PETROLEUM as fuel; ATMOSPHERE; SEDIMENTATION &; deposition
- Publication
BioScience, 1989, Vol 39, Issue 6, p378
- ISSN
0006-3568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1311067