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Author: search.filters.author.Sabo, Robert DanielSubject: search.filters.subject.Atmospheric N Deposition

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    Stage III N-Saturated Forested Watershed Rapidly Responds to Declining Atmospheric N Deposition
    (2014) Sabo, Robert Daniel; Eshleman, Keith N.; Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    This study used a mass balance approach by characterizing the input, output, and sink rates of N in order to assess a declared "stage III N-saturated forest" response to decreased atmospheric N deposition in western Maryland. Relying on the conceptual model of kinetic N-saturation to holistically link stream, vegetative, soil, and atmospheric compartments and the use of a novel stable isotopic technique, the study demonstrated dynamic soil NO3-N pools, unprocessed atmospheric NO3-N in base flow, and significant reductions in NO3-N yield in response to decreased atmospheric N deposition. A lumped conceptual model, incorporating a dormant season NO3-N flush, was proposed that explains forest response to decreased deposition and sheds light on the hydrologic processes that govern the storage/release of NO3-N among years. It is proposed that this flushing mechanism prevents forests from attaining higher stages of N-saturation and predicts forests will be responsive to further reductions in N deposition.