Overview
- Editors:
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Mary Beth Adams
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USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Parsons, USA
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David R. DeWalle
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School of Forest Resources and Institutes of the Environment, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
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John L. Hom
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USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Newtown Square, USA
- Reports on the long-term study, making it valuable not only to researchers, but also to policy-makers and government regulators
- One of the few studies to focus on deciduous hardwood forest ecosystems
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xiii
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- David R. DeWalle, John L. Hom, Mary Beth Adams
Pages 1-16
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- Mary Beth Adams, David R. DeWalle, William T. Peterjohn, Frank S. Gilliam, William E. Sharpe, Karl W. J. Williard
Pages 41-69
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- Pamela J. Edwards, Karl W. J. Williard, Frederica Wood, William E. Sharpe
Pages 71-136
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- David R. DeWalle, James N. Kochenderfer, Mary Beth Adams, Gary W. Miller, Frank S. Gilliam, Frederica Wood et al.
Pages 137-188
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- Thomas K. Pauley, Mark B. Watson, James N. Kochenderfer, Michael Little
Pages 189-206
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- Mary Beth Adams, William T. Peterjohn, Frank S. Gilliam
Pages 207-236
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- John L. Hom, Yude Pan, Kevin McCullough
Pages 237-257
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- Mary Beth Adams, David R. DeWalle, John L. Hom
Pages 259-268
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Back Matter
Pages 269-279
About this book
In the late 1980’s, a considerable amount of research addressing the effects of acidic deposition was begun, much of it related to the Congr- sionally mandated National Atmospheric Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP). As a result of the 10-year NAPAP program, effects on human health, materials, structures, visibility and terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems were evaluated. As a result of NAPAP funded research, negative effects of acidic deposition were documented on freshwater lakes in the Adirondacks and on the red spruce of the Adirondacks and northern Appalachians. One of the recommendations of the NAPAP Forest Response Program, however, was that a better understanding of the effects of acidic deposition and its constituents on processes within forest ecosystems was needed. In response to this need, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funded an ambitious program to manipulate the geochemical processes within wat- sheds in the United States. Originally, there were to be many watersheds to be treated, to encompass the scope of vegetation types, climate and deposition regimes. Ultimately only two such studies, one at on the Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia and one at Bear Brook Watersheds in Maine (BBWM) were implemented. Both are ongoing more than fifteen years later. Work began in 1987 in preparation for the Fernow Watershed Acidi- cation Study. Much attention was initially devoted to issues related to analyses of water chemistry and the quality control/quality assurance of the data coming from the study.
Editors and Affiliations
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USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Parsons, USA
Mary Beth Adams
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School of Forest Resources and Institutes of the Environment, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
David R. DeWalle
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USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Newtown Square, USA
John L. Hom
