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Atmosphere Deposition Using National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP)

TypeCondition of habitat and sources affecting habitat (i.e., the condition or functionality of the habitat) and stressors affecting habitat (i.e., which sources have contributed to its degradation and whether they are direct or indirect factors).

Category: Submerged

Cost: Information not provided.

Description: This project will establish monitoring stations using wet and dry monitoring methods to measure the deposition of nitrogen loading in the atmosphere to help assess the effects nitrogen on the estuary.

Outcome: The project has not yet been completed. The first set of data from the atmospheric sources is available as of spring 2001.

Contact: Carl Zimmerman, Assateague Island National Seashore, (410) 641-1443 ext. 213, carl.Zimmerman@nps.gov.

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