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The Impact of Nitrogen Deposition on Natural and Semi-Natural Ecosystems pp 153–212Cite as

The Impact of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on the Behaviour of Nitrogen in Surface Waters

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There is now much evidence that NO3 and NH4 deposition, both wet and dry, has increased over much of Europe and North America in the last 50 years (see Chapter 2). It was originally believed that this ‘extra’ N would have little effect upon surface water chemistry in temperate semi-natural ecosystems, This is because vegetation and soil communities within these systems are generally regarded to be N-limited and thus any additional N would be rapidly sequestered, In addition, any N that eventually reached surface waters would similarly be expected to be utilised by aquatic plants and algae Thus streams draining these ecosystems should contain very low concentrations of N with fluxes being small, usually less than 1–2 kg ha−1 yf−1 (Driscoll et al., 1989; Reynolds and Edwards, 1995). The majority of this N is exported during the winter when runoff and NO3 concentrations are greatest.

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Chapman, P.J., Edwards, A.C. (1999). The Impact of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on the Behaviour of Nitrogen in Surface Waters. In: Langan, S.J. (eds) The Impact of Nitrogen Deposition on Natural and Semi-Natural Ecosystems. Environmental Pollution, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3356-4_6

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