By Mary Beth Adams, David R. DeWalle, John L. Hom
The Fernow Watershed Acidification learn is a long term, paired watershed acidification examine, undertaken within the primary Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, united states. The learn, which started in 1989, comprises study on biogeochemical responses of streams, soils and plants to pollution, and in addition comprises learn on acidification’s results on salamanders. This ebook describes the responses to persistent N and S amendments via deciduous hardwood forests, one of many few reviews to target those vital hardwood woodland ecosystems. extensive tracking of soil resolution and movement chemistry, besides measurements of soil chemistry, and crops development and chemistry, offer insights into the acidification strategy in forested watersheds, comparing those within the context of nitrogen saturation, soil acidification and base cation leaching versions. This quantity could be of curiosity to researchers, environment modellers, managers and policy-makers curious about the results of pollution on forested ecosystems.
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1997 Edwards et al. 2002 0 Reinhart et al. 1963 49 Patric and Reinhart 1971 51 Kochenderfer and Wendel 1983 Adams et al. 9 ha) References 70 Lima et al. 1978 Kochenderfer and Helvey 1989 Kochenderfer et al. 1995 Pickens et al. 1995 10 15 No treatment/natural recovery since 1905 0 Christ et al. 2002 13 14 No treatment/natural recovery since 1905, except for minor cutting 1951 0 Weitzman et al. 1949 30 J. N. Kochenderfer stream water for WS9. There was no paired watershed soil water analyses for WS9 because untreated control plots were established within the boundaries of WS9 (described in Chapter 4).
Cutting a large American chestnut tree on the Fernow at Fork Mountain circa 1905. (Courtesy William Pennington) Research cutting treatments on the Fernow are also affecting species composition. From these studies it is possible to gauge the impacts of several management practices and the effects of time alone on species composition. In the early 1950s, northern red and chestnut oak were the two most abundant species on the Fernow; in contrast, sugar and red maple are most abundant today (Schuler 2004).
9 ha) 4/1984 Ammonium sulfate fertilizer applied (11 ha) 4/19877/1994 Aubertin and Patric 1974, Kochenderfer et al. 1990 Adams et al. 1997 Edwards et al. 2002 0 Reinhart et al. 1963 49 Patric and Reinhart 1971 51 Kochenderfer and Wendel 1983 Adams et al. 9 ha) References 70 Lima et al. 1978 Kochenderfer and Helvey 1989 Kochenderfer et al. 1995 Pickens et al. 1995 10 15 No treatment/natural recovery since 1905 0 Christ et al. 2002 13 14 No treatment/natural recovery since 1905, except for minor cutting 1951 0 Weitzman et al.