Publications Topic: Deposition

This webpage provides access to publications on deposition.

• Air Pollution - Related Lichen Monitoring in National Parks, Forests, and Refuges: Guidelines for Studies Intended for Regulatory and Management Purposes (June 2003 pdf 3mb)
• Alpine Vegetation Workshop: Response of Alpine and Subalpine Plant Species to Changes in Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition (November 2008, pdf 310kb)
• A Screening Procedure for Identifying Acid-Sensitive Lakes from Catchment Characteristics (June 2005, pdf 359kb)
• Assessment of Effects of Acidic Deposition on Forested Ecosystems in Great Smoky Mountains National Park using Critical Loads for Sulfur and Nitrogen (pdf 1.54 mb)
• Appendices(pdf 230 kb)
• Baron, Jill S. Hindcasting Nitrogen Deposition to Determine an Ecological Critical Load. Ecological Applications. 2006; 16(2)433-439.
• Critical loads as a policy tool for protecting ecosystems from the effects of air pollutants (2008, pdf 235kb)
• Dry Deposition Monitoring Protocol: Monitoring Atmospheric Pollutants in Dry Deposition (May 2006, pdf 1.57mb)
• Evaluation of Lake and Stream Acidification in Nine National Parks (February 2006, pdf 1.63mb)
• Fenn, M. E.; Baron, J. S.; Allen, E. B.; Rueth, H. M.; Nydick, K. R. Geiser L.; Bowman, W. D.; Sickman, J. O.; Meixner, T., and Johnson, D. W. Neitlich P. Ecological Effects of Nitrogen Deposition in the Western United States. BioScience. 2003; 53(4)404-420.
• FLM Critical Loads Workshop Summary (September 2004, pdf .5 mb)
• Guidance on Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition Analysis Thresholds
• Hartman, M.D., Baron, J.S., Clow, D.W., Creed, I.F., Driscoll, C.T., Ewing, H.A., Haines, B.D., Knoepp, J., Lajtha, K., Ojima, D.S., Parton, W.J., Renfro, J., Robinson, R.B., Van Miegroet, H., Weathers, K.C., and Williams, M.W., 2009, DayCent-Chem simulations of ecological and biogeochemical processes of eight mountain ecosystems in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5150, 174 p.
• Inferring Critical Nitrogen Deposition Loads to Alpine Lakes of Western National Parks and Diatom Fossil Records – Final Report, 2009 (pdf, 565kb)
• 2009 Monitoring and Tracking Wet Nitrogen Deposition at Rocky Mountain National Park (September 2011; pdf, 6 MB)
• Multiagency Critical Loads Final Workshop Report (May 2006, pdf 2.18mb)
• Nitrogen Deposition: Issues and Effects in Rocky Mountain National Park (March 2004, pdf 667kb)
• NPS Acidification Sensitivity Assessment (2011)
• NPS Nitrogen Sensitivity Assessment (2011)
• PNW Critical Loads Workshop Summary Final Report 2006 (March 2006, pdf 155kb)
• Protecting Resources on Federal Lands: Implications of Critical Loads for Atmospheric Deposition of Nitrogen and Sulfur (July 2005, pdf 249kb)
• Translating science into policy: Using ecosystem thresholds to protect resources in Rocky Mountain National Park (October 2007, pdf 574kb)
• Understanding Atmospheric Deposition to Complex Landscapes at Acadia National Park, Maine 2002-2005 (February 2007 pdf 2.3mb)
• Report Appendices (pdf 1.91mb)
• Weathers, Kathleen; Simken, Samuel; Lovett, Gary, and Lindberg, Steven. Empirical Modeling of Atmospheric Deposition in Mountainous Landscapes. Ecological Applications. 2006; 16(4)1590-1607.
• Wet Deposition Monitoring Protocol: Monitoring Atmospheric Pollutants in Wet Deposition (April 2007, pdf 1.3mb)
• Why Federal Land Managers in the Northwest are Concerned about Nitrogen Emissions (December 2004, pdf .8mb)

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