Nationwide Maps of Atmospheric Deposition Are Highly Skewed When Based Solely on Wet Deposition

Wet plus dry deposition of both reduced (i.e., ammonia, ammonium) and oxidized (i.e., nitric acid vapor, various nitrogen oxides, nitrate) N forms should be included in any assessment of N deposition effects on water quality, either as a nutrient effect or when considering acidification effects. [.....

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Published in:Bioscience 2012-07, Vol.62 (7), p.621-621
Main Authors: Fenn, Mark E, Bytnerowicz, Andrzej, Liptzin, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acidification
Air pollution
Ammonium
Atmospheric deposition
Atmospherics
Dry atmospheric deposition
Dry deposition
Letters
Networks
Nitrates
Nitric acid
Nitrogen
Nitrogen oxides
Organic Chemistry
Photochemicals
Quaternary ammonium compounds
s
Scientific Concepts
Sulfates
Water
Water quality
Wet atmospheric deposition
Wet deposition
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Summary:Wet plus dry deposition of both reduced (i.e., ammonia, ammonium) and oxidized (i.e., nitric acid vapor, various nitrogen oxides, nitrate) N forms should be included in any assessment of N deposition effects on water quality, either as a nutrient effect or when considering acidification effects. [...]the use of the sum of nitrate and sulfate in wet deposition expressed on a mass basis (kilograms per hectare) as a measure of deposition inputs (Brown and Froemke 2012) is also highly unconventional.
ISSN:0006-3568
1525-3244
DOI:10.1525/bio.2012.62.7.18