Acidity, nutrients, and minerals in atmospheric precipitation over Florida: deposition patterns, mechanisms and ecological effects

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5305288

Brezonik, P L; Hendry, Jr, C D; Edgerton, E S; Schulze, R L; Crisman, T L

A monitoring network of 21 bulk and 4 wet/dry collectors located throughout Florida measured spatial and temporal trends during a one-year period from May 1978 to April 1979. The project summary notes that statewide deposition rates of nitrogen and phosphorus were below the loading rates associated with eutrophication, although nutrient concentrations were higher during the summer. Overall, pH appears to have relatively small effects (in the range 4.7-6.8) on community structure in soft-water Florida lakes. More dramatic effects could occur under more acidic conditions in the future. 4 references, 5 figures, 1 table.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR (USA). Environmental Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5305288
• Report Number(s): EPA-600/S3-83-004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
EUTROPHICATION
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FLORIDA
LAKES
MONITORING
ACIDIFICATION
MINERALS
NUTRIENTS
PH VALUE
ECOSYSTEMS
FEDERAL REGION IV
NORTH AMERICA
SURFACE WATERS
USA
520200* - Environment
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