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Evaluation of the Recovery from Acidification of Adirondack Ecosystems (4917)
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Principal Investigator(s):

Myron Mitchell, Dudley Raynal, Charles Driscoll

Summary:

 Project Update (401kb .pdf)

map of projectAtmospheric deposition of sulfur (S) and nitrogen (N) has resulted in the acidification of surface waters in the Adirondack region of New York. The Huntington Forest is the only site in the Adirondacks that has the history, instrumentation, and background for making comprehensive analyses that include atmospheric, chemical, hydrological and biotic components. This project continues to monitor wet and dry deposition and solute fluxes in drainage waters in the Arbutus Watershed at Huntington Forest. The causes for the substantial differences in soil and surface water chemistry in subcatchments of the Arbutus Watershed, especially with respect to nitrate and calcium, is also being investigated. Findings to date indicate that there are important landscape controls at the small watershed scale that influence soil and surface water chemistry.

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Downloads:

Project Update (401kb .pdf)

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Project Site(s):

Arbutus Watershed in the Huntington Forest

Latitude/Longitude: (4kb .pdf)

Region(s): North Country

County(ies): Essex

Project Locations Map

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Sampling:

Sampled Medium(Media): soil water, stream water, surface water

Analyte(s): calcium, sulfates, nitrates, ammonium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, total carbon, total nitrogen, chloride, pH, dissolved organic nitrogen

Sampling Technolog(ies):

Sampling Frequency: weekly during snow-free season, monthly during winter season

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Funding:

Total Costs: $1,200,896

NYSERDA Costs: $962,517

Funding Source(s): NYSERDA, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Contract Initiated: June, 1999

Estimated Completion Date: December, 2005

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Links:

Project Website: http://www.esf.edu/hss/NYSERDA/ResearchProjects.htm

Related EMEP Projects: Doug Burns 7606 and 6486_6490, Dudley Raynal 6086, Karen Roy 4915, Tim Sullivan 7605, Myron Mitchell 8646

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Contact:

Photo of Principal InvestigatorMyron Mitchell
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
One Forestry Drive
Syracuse, New York 13210-2788
PH: (315) 470-6765
Fax: (315) 470-6996
Email: mitchell@mailbox.syr.edu

Photo of Principal InvestigatorDudley J. Raynal, Ph.D.
Dean, Instruction and Graduate Studies
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, New York 13210
PH: (315) 470-6599
Fax: (315) 470-6978
Email: djr@mailbox.syr.edu

Photo of Principal InvestigatorCharles Driscoll
Syracuse University
Center for Environmental Systems Engineering
231 Hinds Hall
Syracuse, New York 13244-1190
PH: (315) 443-3434
Fax: (315) 443-1243
Email: ctdrisco@mailbox.syr.edu

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