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Analysis of Biogeochemical Cycling Processes in Walker Branch Watershed

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Environmental Sciences Division initiated the Walker Branch Watershed Project on the Oak Ridge Reservation in east Tennessee in 1967, with the support of the U. S. Department of Energy's Office of Health and Environmental Research (DOE/OHER), to quantify...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Johnson, Dale W. (Editor), Van Hook, Robert I. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1989, 1989
Edition:1st ed. 1989
Series:Springer Advanced Texts in Life Sciences
Subjects:
Conservation Biology
Earth System Sciences
Geography
Forestry
Physical Geography
Ecology 
Agriculture
Ecology
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Site Description
  • 2.1 Location
  • 2.2 Climate
  • 2.3 Air Quality
  • 2.4 Geology
  • 2.5 Soils
  • 2.6 Vegetation
  • 2.7 Land-Use History
  • References
  • 3 Forest Meteorology
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Site Description
  • 3.3 Characterization of Boundary Conditions
  • 3.4 Canopy Radiation Transfers and Regimes
  • 3.5 Canopy-Atmosphere Turbulent Exchange
  • References
  • 4 Atmospheric Chemistry, Deposition, and Canopy Interactions
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Methodology
  • 4.3 Major Ions
  • 4.4 Trace Metals
  • References
  • 5 Water
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Hydrologie Features
  • 5.3 Hydrologie Monitoring
  • 5.4 Annual Water Budget
  • 5.5 Precipitation
  • 5.6 Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Processes
  • 5.7 Streamflow
  • 5.8 Watershed Comparisons
  • 5.9 Summary
  • References
  • 6 Carbon Dynamic and Productivity
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Forest Biomass and Productivity
  • 6.3 Carbon Fluxes
  • 6.4 Comparisons with Other Forests
  • 6.5 Summary and Conclusions
  • References
  • 7 Terrestrial Nutrient Cycling
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Nutrient Cycles: Basic Characteristics
  • 7.3 Perturbations
  • 7.4 Comparison of Walker Branch Watershed with Other Forest Ecosystems
  • 7.5 Summary and Conclusions
  • References
  • 8 Streams: Water Chemistry and Ecology
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Site Description
  • 8.3 Stream Water Chemistry
  • 8.4 Nutrient Limitation and Phosphorus Spiraling
  • 8.5 Summary
  • References
  • 9 Modeling Chemical Transport, Uptake, and Effects in the Soil-Plant-Litter System
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Landscape Context
  • 9.3 Modeling the Soil-Plant-Litter System
  • 9.4 Model Applications
  • 9.5 Pollutants and the Diurnal Cycle
  • 9.6 Walker Branch Watershed Perspective
  • 9.7 Summary
  • References
  • 10 Implications of Walker Branch Watershed Research
  • References

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