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Long-Term Monitoring of Buck Creek Watershed in the Western Adirondack Region of New York

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2016-09-30

Summary

Monitoring of lake chemistry in the western Adirondack region has indicated reductions in the acidity of these lakes during the past two decades. However, lakes are not always reliable indicators of streams and soils. Uncertainty remains regarding the recovery potential of surface waters and the effects of acidic deposition on soils. Furthermore, nitrogen, long considered a growth-limiting nutrient for northern temperate forests, is likely to be available in excess of that needed by Adirondack forest ecosystems as a result of acidic deposition. In this region, excess nitrogen in the soil leads to acidification of soils and surface waters. Calcium, important for acid neutralization, is also an important nutrient, but has been leached [...]

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“Stream Flow and Chemistry Monitoring Stations in Buck Creek Watershed”
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“Stream Flow and Chemistry Monitoring Stations in Buck Creek Watershed”
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“Spring snowmelt, the period when streams are most acidic”
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“A wetland with floating vegetation in Buck Creek”
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valueThe primary focus of this study is to monitor stream water to document changes that are occurring in response to changes in air quality, and more recently, climate. This project, begun in 1997, also supports other studies conducted in the Adirondack region, that are related to atmospheric deposition inputs and calcium leaching, such as the Western Adirondack Stream Survey (WASS) and East-central Adirondack Stream Survey (ECASS) that evaluate acid rain impacts on the chemistry and biota throughout the Western Adirondack region.
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Stream Flow and Chemistry Monitoring Stations in Buck Creek Watershed
Stream Flow and Chemistry Monitoring Stations in Buck Creek Watershed

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