Atmospheric Deposition and Forest Nutrient Cycling

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction

   • D. W. Johnson, S. E. Lindberg, L. F. Pitelka

   Pages 1-7

3. Background on Research Sites and Methods

   • S. E. Lindberg, D. W. Johnson, E. A. Bondietti

   Pages 8-26

4. Water Balances

   • J. M. Vose, W. T. Swank

   Pages 27-49

5. Patterns of Tropospheric Ozone in Forested Landscapes of the Integrated Forest Study

   • G. E. Taylor Jr., B. M. Ross-Todd, E. Allen, P. Conklin, R. Edmonds, E. Joranger et al.

   Pages 50-71

6. Sulfur Chemistry, Deposition, and Cycling in Forests

   • M. J. Mitchell, S. E. Lindberg

   Pages 72-149

7. Nitrogen Chemistry, Deposition, and Cycling in Forests

   • D. W. Cole

   Pages 150-213

8. Relationships among N, P, and S in Temperate Forest Ecosystems

   • P. S. Homann, R. B. Harrison

   Pages 214-232

9. Base Cations

   • D. W. Johnson

   Pages 233-340

10. Cation Exchange and A1 Mobilization in Soils

    • D. D. Richter, D. W. Johnson, K. H. Dai

    Pages 341-377

11. Mineralogy and Mineral Weathering

    • R. April, R. Newton

    Pages 378-425

12. Processing of Acidic Deposition

    • Dale W. Johnson, Steven E. Lindberg

    Pages 426-466

13. Recovery from Acidification

    • A. O. Stuanes, H. Van Miegroet, D. W. Cole, G. Abrahamsen

    Pages 467-494

14. Regional Evaluations of Acid Deposition Effects on Forests

    • Dale W. Johnson, Steven E. Lindberg

    Pages 495-570

15. Synthesis and Modeling of the Results of the Integrated Forest Study

    • D. W. Johnson, S. E. Lindberg

    Pages 571-609

Over the past decade there has been considerable interest in the effects of atmospheric deposition on forest ecosystems. This volume summarizes the results of the Integrated Forest Study (IFS), one of the most comprehensive research programs conducted. It involved intensive measurements of deposition and nutrient cycling at seventeen diverse forested sites in the United States, Canada, and Norway. The IFS is unique as an applied research project in its complete, ecosystem-level evaluation of nutrient budgets, including significant inputs, outputs, and internal fluxes. It is also noteworthy as a more basic investigation of ecosystem nutrient cycling because of its incorporation of state-of-the-art methods, such as quantifying dry and cloud water deposition. Most significantly, the IFS data was used to test several general hypotheses regarding atmospheric deposition and its effects. The data sets also allow for far-reaching conclusions because all sites were monitored over the same period using comparable instruments and standardized protocols.

• Cloud
• ecosystem
• forest
• nutrient cycling
• water

• Biological Sciences Center Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada System, Reno, USA

  Dale W. Johnson

• Range, Wildlife and Forestry College of Agriculture, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

  Dale W. Johnson

• Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA

  Steven E. Lindberg

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