Nitrogen Saturation
Introduction

Sources of N

Biogeochemical effects

Physiological responses

Community responses

Case studies

Future study

References

Links

Nitrogen Cycle

References

Aber, J., W. McDowell, K. Nadelhoffer, A. Magill, G. Berntson, M. Kamakea, S. McNulty, W. Currie, L. Rustad and I. Fernandez (1998). Nitrogen saturation in temperate forest ecosystems. Bioscience. 48: 921-934.

Aber, J. D. (1992). Nitrogen cycling and nitrogen saturation in temperate forest ecosystems. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 7: 220-224.

Aber, J. D., K. J. Nadelhoffer, P. Steudler and J. M. Melillo (1989). Nitrogen saturation in northern forest ecosystems. BioScience. 39: 378-386.

Ågren, G. I. and E. Bosatta (1988). Nitrogen saturation of terrestrial ecosystems. Environ. Pollut. 54: 185-197.

Baron, J. S., D. S. Ojima, et al. (1994). Analysis of nitrogen saturation potential in Rocky Mountain tundra and forest: Implications for aquatic systems. Biogeochemistry 27(1): 61-82.

Boxman, A. W., K. Blanck, T. E. Brandrud, B. A. Emmet, P. Gundersen, R. F. Hogervorst, O. J. Kjonaas, H. Persson and V. Timmermann (1998). Vegetation and soil biota response to experimentally-changed nitrogen inputs in coniferous forest ecosystems of the NITREX project. For. Eco. Mngmt. 101: 65-80.

Friedland, A. J., E. K. Miller, J. J. Battles and J. F. Thorne (1991). Nitrogen deposition, distribution and cycling in a subalpine spruce-fir forest in the Adirondacks, New York, USA. Biogeochemistry. 14: 31-55.

Galloway, J. N., W. H. Schlesinger, H. Levy, A. Michaels and J. L. Schnoor (1995). Nitrogen-Fixation - Anthropogenic Enhancement-Environmental Response. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 9: 235-252.

Gilliam F. S., M. B. Adamsand B.M. Yurish (1996). Ecosystem nutrient responses to chronic nitrogen inputs at Fernow Experimental Forest, West Virginia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 26: 196-205.

Gundersen, P. (1991). Nitrogen deposition and the forest nitrogen cycle: Role of denitrification. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 44: 15-28.

Hall, S. J. and P. A. Matson (1999). Nitrogen oxide emissions after nitrogen additions in tropical forests. Nature 400: 152-155.

Jordan, T. E. and D. E. Weller (1996). Human contributions to terrestrial nitrogen flux. Biosci. 46: 655-664.

Lovett, G. M. and H. Rueth (1999). Soil nitrogen transformations in beech and maple stands along a nitrogen deposition gradient. Eco. Appl. 9: 1330-1344.

Magill, A. H., J. D. Aber, J. J. Hendricks, R. D. Bowden, J. M. Melillo and P. A. Steudler (1997). Biogeochemical response of forest ecosystems to simulated chronic nitrogen deposition. Eco. Appl. 7: 402-415.

Matson, P. A., W. H. McDowell, et al. (1999). The globalization of N deposition:  ecosystem consequences in tropical environments. Biogeochemistry 46: 67-83.

McNulty, S. G., J. D. Aber and R. D. Boone (1991). Spatial changes in forest floor and foliar chemistry of spruce-fir forests across New England. Biogeochemistry. 14: 13-29.

McNulty, S. G., J. D. Aber and S. D. Newman (1996). Nitrogen saturation in a high elevation New England spruce-fir stand. Forest Ecology and Management. 84: 109-121.

Nadelhoffer, K. J., M. R. Downs, et al. (1995). The fate of 15N-labelled nitrate additions to a northern hardwood forest in eastern Maine, USA. Oecologia 103: 292-301.

Nadelhoffer, K. L., M. R. Downs, et al. (1999). "Sinks for 15N-enriched additions to an oak forest and a red pine plantation." Eco App 9(1): 72-86.
 

Schulze, E. D. (1989). Air pollution and forest decline in a spruce (Picea abies) forest. Science. 244: 776-783.

Shortle, W. C. and K. T. Smith (1988). Aluminum-induced calcium deficiency syndrome in declining red spruce. Science. 240: 1017-1018.

van Dijk, H. F. G. and J. G. M. Roelofs (1988). Effects of excessive ammonium deposition on the nutritional status and condition of pine needles. Phys. Plant. 73: 494-501.

Vitousek, P. M., J. D. Aber, R. W. Howarth, G. E. Likens, P. A. Matson, D. W. Schindler, W. H. Schlesinger and D. G. Tilman (1997). Human Alteration of the global nitrogen cycle: sources and consequences. Ecol. Appl. 7: 737-750.

Williams, M. W., J. S. Baron, et al. (1996). "Nitrogen saturation in the Rocky Mountains." Environmental Science and Technology 30(2): 640-646.
 

 
Last modified 12/6/99
Page maintained by Matt Wallenstein