Principal Investigator(s):

Gary Lovett

Summary:

Final Report (1.2MB .pdf)

The Institute of Ecosystem Studies (IES), located in southeastern New York State, initiated its long-term environmental monitoring program in 1983. Over the past two decades, the program has generated a valuable record of precipitation chemistry, air quality, meteorology, wet and dry deposition, forest growth, forest nutrient cycling, and stream chemistry. This project supported continuing research at the IES long-term forest ecosystem research program, which aims to measure the effects over time of the atmospheric deposition of energy-related pollutants on forest ecosystems in the Hudson Valley region. The project team monitored:

• Levels of wet and dry deposition of sulfur (S), nitrogen (N), and other nutrients and pollutants to the research site;
• Effects of these atmospheric pollutants on the forest ecosystem; and
• Interactions between air pollution and other forest stresses, in particular "exotic" forest pests.

Partners:

Downloads:

Project Update (1,693kb .pdf)

Final report (1.2MB .pdf)

Project Site(s):

Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Latitude/Longitude: (5kb .pdf)

Region(s): East Central

County(ies): Dutchess

Sampling:

Sampled Medium(Media): soil, foliage, litterfall, frassfall, wet deposition, dry deposition, B horizon soil solution

Analyte(s): soil potential N mineralization and nitrification, soil nitrogen and carbon concentrations, foliar N concentration, mass and N concentration in litter-fall and frass-fall, pH, nitrates, sulfates, chloride, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, aluminum

Sampling Technolog(ies): wet-only collectors, filterpacks and deposition velocity model, constant tension lysimeters, aerobic laboratory incubation, C-N analyzer, sampled foliage with shotgun, screened litter traps

Sampling Frequency: event, biweekly, annually in July, annually in July/August, continuously May- December (pooled and analyzed semi-annually)

Funding:

Total Costs: $133,333

NYSERDA Costs: $100,000

Funding Source(s): NYSERDA, Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Contract Initiated: September, 2002

Final Report: January, 2005

Links:

Project Website:

Related EMEP Projects: Doug Burns 6486_6490 and 7606, Peter Murdoch 8644_8739

Related Link(s): http://www.ecostudies.org

Contact:

Gary Lovett
Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Box AB, 65 Sharon Turnpike
Millbrook, New York 12545-0129
PH: (845) 677-5343
Fax: (845) 677-5976
Email: lovettg@ecostudies.org