Nitrogen Newsletter Issue 46, January 2014 Nitrogen Newsletter is a summary of recent publications, news and reports related to the cycling, effects and management of nitrogen. Prepared by Mary O'Brien, contractor with A SRC Federal Primus, and Jana Compton. Contact Jana Compton with any questions (Compton.jana@epa. gov) Please note: Most of these links are available to EPA staff through library access - not all links will be available to folks outside EPA, depending on your access to specific journals and websites. Special Issues Curtis CJ, Battarbee RW, Monteith DT, Shilland EM, editors. 2014 Feb. Threats to upland waters. Ecological Indicators 37, Part B: 267-430. Available from: http ://www. sciencedirect.com/science/i ournal/1470160X/3 7 Ferretti M, Schaub M, editors. 2014 Jan 1. Monitoring European forests: detecting and understanding changes. Forest Ecology and Management 311: Pages 1-70. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/iournal/03781127/311 Lancelot C, Gypens N, editors. 2013 Dec. Tracing and integrating modelling of natural and anthropogenic effects on hydrosystems. Journal of Marine Systems 128: 1-242. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/iournal/09247963/128 Abalos D, De Deyn GB, Kuyper TW, van Groenigen JW. 2014. Plant species identity surpasses species richness as a key driver of N20 emissions from grassland. Global Change Biol 20(1): 265-275. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10. Ill 1/gcb. 12350 Babaee S, Nagpure AS, DeCarolis JF. 2014. How much do electric drive vehicles matter to future U.S. emissions? Environ Sci Technol Article ASAP. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es4045677 Table of Contents Special Issues Articles Reports Web Pages . 1 . 1 10 11 Articles ------- Baral BR, Kuyper TW, Van Groenigen JW. 2014. Liebig's law of the minimum applied to a greenhouse gas: alleviation of P-limitation reduces soil N20 emission. Plant Soil 374(1-2): 539-548. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.10Q7/sl 1104-013-1913-8 Barlow JRB, Kroger R. 2014. Nitrogen transport within an agricultural landscape: insights on how hydrology, biogeochemistry, and the landscape intersect to control the fate and transport of nitrogen in the Mississippi Delta. J Soil Water Conserv 69(1): 11A-16A. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.2489/iswc.69.l.l 1A Bergstrom AK, Faithfull C, Karlsson D, Karlsson J. 2013. Nitrogen deposition and warming - effects on phytoplankton nutrient limitation in subarctic lakes. Global Change Biol 19(8): 2557-2568. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10. Ill 1/gcb. 12234 Bourbonnais A, Lehmann MF, Hamme RC, Manning CC, Juniper SK. 2013. Nitrate elimination and regeneration as evidenced by dissolved inorganic nitrogen isotopes in Saanich Inlet, a seasonally anoxic fjord. Mar Chem 157: 194-207. Available from: http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/i .marchem .2013.09.006 Bowatte S, Newton PCD, Theobald P, Brock S, Hunt C, Lieffering M, Sevier S, Gebbie S, Luo DW. 2014. Emissions of nitrous oxide from the leaves of grasses. Plant Soil 374(1-2): 275- 283. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sl 1104-013-1879-6 Castro-Diez P, Godoy O, Alonso A, Gallardo A, Saldana A. 2014. What explains variation in the impacts of exotic plant invasions on the nitrogen cycle? A meta-analysis. Ecol Lett 17(1): 1-12. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10. Ill 1/ele. 12197 ChiwaM, Enoki T, Higashi N, Kumagai T, Otsuki K. 2013. The increased contribution of atmospheric nitrogen deposition to nitrogen cycling in a rural forested area of Kyushu, Japan. Water Air Soil Poll 224(11): 1763. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sll27Q- 013-1763-2 Coble AA, Hart SC. 2013. The significance of atmospheric nutrient inputs and canopy interception of precipitation during ecosystem development in pinon-juniper woodlands of the southwestern USA. J Arid Environ 98: 79-87. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.iaridenv.2013.08.002 Coombs JS, Melack JM. 2013. Initial impacts of a wildfire on hydrology and suspended sediment and nutrient export in California chaparral watersheds. Hydrol Process 27(26): 3842-3851. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9508 Cowles TR, McNeil BE, Eshleman KN, Deel LN, Townsend PA. 2014. Does the spatial arrangement of disturbance within forested watersheds affect loadings of nitrogen to stream waters? A test using Landsat and synoptic stream water data. Int J Appl Earth Obs 26: 80-87. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.iag.2013.05.012 ------- Cui ZL, Yue SC, Wang GL, Meng QF, Wu L, Yang ZP, Zhang Q, Li SQ, Zhang FS, Chen XP. 2013. Closing the yield gap could reduce projected greenhouse gas emissions: a case study of maize production in China. Global Change Biol 19(8): 2467-2477. Available from: http://dx.doi.ors/10. Ill 1/gcb. 12213 De Gouw JA, Parrish DD, Frost GJ, Trainer M. 2013. Reduced emissions of C02, NOx and S02 from U.S. power plants due to the switch from coal to natural gas with combined cycle technology. Earth's Future 2013 Jan 8. Available from: http://onlinelibrarv.wilev.com/doi/10.1002/2014EF00Q196/pdf Delin S, Stenberg M. 2014. Effect of nitrogen fertilization on nitrate leaching in relation to grain yield response on loamy sand in Sweden. Eur J Agron 52: 291-296. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.eia.2013.08.007 Deng J, Zhou ZX, Zheng XH, Li CS. 2013. Modeling impacts of fertilization alternatives on nitrous oxide and nitric oxide emissions from conventional vegetable fields in southeastern China. Atmos Environ 81: 642-650. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.atmosenv.2013.09.046 Denver JM, Ator SW, Lang MW, Fisher TR, Gustafson AB, Fox R, Clune JW, McCarty GW. 2014. Nitrate fate and transport through current and former depressional wetlands in an agricultural landscape, Choptank Watershed, Maryland, United States. J Soil Water Conserv 69(1): 1-16. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.2489/iswc.69.l.l Dickson TL, Gross KL. 2013. Plant community responses to long-term fertilization: changes in functional group abundance drive changes in species richness. Oecologia 173(4): 1513- 1520. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-013-2722-8 Duncan BN, Yoshida Y, de Foy B, Lamsal LN, Streets DG, Lu ZF, Pickering KE, Krotkov NA. 2013. The observed response of Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) N02 columns to NOx emission controls on power plants in the United States: 2005-2011. Atmos Environ 81: 102- 111. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.atmosenv.2013.08.068 Freymond CV, Wenk CB, Frame CH, Lehmann MF. 2013. Year-round N20 production by benthic NOx reduction in a monomictic south-alpine lake. Biogeosciences 10(12): 8373- 8383. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-8373-2013 Gill RA. 2014. The influence of 3-years of warming and N-deposition on ecosystem dynamics is small compared to past land use in subalpine meadows. Plant Soil 374(1-2): 197-210. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sl 1104-013-1868-9 Gorman HS. 2013. Learning from 100 years of ammonia synthesis establishing human- defined limits through adaptive systems of governance. Gaia 22(4): 263-270. Available from: http://www.ingentaconnect.eom/content/oekom/gaia/2013/00000022/00000004/art00011 ------- Griepentrog M, Bode S, Boeckx P, Hagedorn F, Heim A, Schmidt MWI. 2014. Nitrogen deposition promotes the production of new fungal residues but retards the decomposition of old residues in forest soil fractions. Global Change Biol 20(1): 327-340. Available from: http://dx.doi.ors/10. Ill 1/gcb. 12374 Gu BJ, Ge Y, Chang SX, Luo WD, Chang J. 2013. Nitrate in groundwater of China: Sources and driving forces. Global Environ Chang 23(5, SI): 1112-1121. Available from: http: //dx. doi. or g/ 10.1016/i. gl oenvcha. 2013.05.004 Gundale MJ, From F, Bach LH, Nordin A. 2014. Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition in boreal forests has a minor impact on the global carbon cycle. Global Change Biol 20(1): 276-286. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10. Ill 1/gcb. 12422 Halliday SJ, Skeffington RA, Wade A, Neal C, Reynolds B, Norris D, Kirchner JW. 2013. Upland streamwater nitrate dynamics across decadal to sub-daily timescales: a case study of Plynlimon, Wales. Biogeosciences 10(12): 8013-8038. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-8013-2013 Harvey JW, Bohlke JK, Voytek MA, Scott D, Tobias CR. 2013. Hyporheic zone denitrification: controls on effective reaction depth and contribution to whole-stream mass balance. Water Resour Res 49(10): 6298-6316. Available from: http ://dx. doi. org/10.1002/wrcr .20492 Hines J, Hammrich A, Steiner D, Gessner MO. 2013. A field facility to simulate climate warming and increased nutrient supply in shallow aquatic ecosystems. Oecologia 173(4): 1169-1178. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sQ0442-013-2720-x Hirzel J, Rodriguez F. 2013. Increasing nitrogen rates in rice and its effect on plant nutrient composition and nitrogen apparent recovery. Chil J Agr Res 73(4): 385-390. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-583920130004000Q9 Im U, Christodoulaki S, Violaki K, Zarmpas P, Kocak M, Daskalakis N, Mihalopoulos N, Kanakidou M. 2013. Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur over southern Europe with focus on the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Atmos Environ 81: 660-670. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.atmosenv.2013.09.048 Jantsch MC, Fischer A, Fischer HS, Winter S. 2013. Shift in plant species composition reveals environmental changes during the last decades: a long-term study in beech (Fagus sylvatica) forests in Bavaria, Germany. Folia Geobot 48(4): 467-491. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sl2224-012-9148-7 Lin J, Pan D, Davis SJ, Zhang Q, He K, Wang C, Streets DG, Wuebbles DJ, Guan D. 2013. China's international trade and air pollution in the United States. PNAS Early Edition. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas. 1312860111 ------- Mijling B, van der A RJ, Zhang Q. 2013. Regional nitrogen oxides emission trends in East Asia observed from space. Atmos Chem Phys 13(23): 12003-12012. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-12003-2013 Nicolini G, Castaldi S, Fratini G, Valentini R. 2013. A literature overview of micrometeorological CH4 and N20 flux measurements in terrestrial ecosystems. Atmos Environ 81: 311-319. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.atmosenv.2013.09.030 Nyaga JM, Cramer MD, Neff JC. 2013. Atmospheric nutrient deposition to the west coast of South Africa. Atmos Environ 81: 625-632. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.atmosenv.2013.09.021 Ochoa-Hueso R, Rocha I, Stevens CJ, Manrique E, Lucianez MJ. 2014. Simulated nitrogen deposition affects soil fauna from a semiarid Mediterranean ecosystem in central Spain. Biol Fert Soils 50(1): 191-196. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sQ0374-013-0838-v Perakis SS, Sinkhorn ER, Catricala CE, Bullen TD, Fitzpatrick JA, Hynicka JD, Cromack K. 2013. Forest calcium depletion and biotic retention along a soil nitrogen gradient. Ecol Appl 23(8): 1947-1961. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/12-2204.1 Rousk K, Jones DL, DeLuca TH. 2014. Exposure to nitrogen does not eliminate N-2 fixation in the feather moss Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt. Plant Soil 374(1-2): 513-521. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sl 1104-013-1908-5 Sanchez A, Ortiz-Hernandez MC, Talavera-Saenz A, Aguiniga-Garcia S. 2013. Stable nitrogen isotopes in the turtle grass Thalassia testudinum from the Mexican Caribbean: implications of anthropogenic development. Estuar Coast Shelf S 135: 86-93. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.ecss.2013.01.021 Savage KE, Parton WJ, Davidson EA, Trumbore SE, Frey SD. 2013. Long-term changes in forest carbon under temperature and nitrogen amendments in a temperate northern hardwood forest. Global Change Biol 19(8): 2389-2400. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10. Ill 1/gcb. 12224 Schroder W, Pesch R, Schonrock S, Harmens H, Mills G, Fagerli H. 2014. Mapping correlations between nitrogen concentrations in atmospheric deposition and mosses for natural landscapes in Europe. Ecol Indie 36: 563-571. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.ecolind.2013.09.013 Stief P. 2013. Stimulation of microbial nitrogen cycling in aquatic ecosystems by benthic macrofauna: mechanisms and environmental implications. Biogeosciences 10(12): 7829- 7846. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7829-2013 van Puijenbroek PJTM, Cleij P, Visser H. 2014. Aggregated indices for trends in eutrophication of different types of fresh water in the Netherlands. Ecol Indie 36: 456-462. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.ecolind.2013.08.022 ------- Vicars WC, Morin S, Savarino J, Wagner NL, Erbland J, Vince E, Martins JMF, Lerner BM, Quinn PK, Coffman DJ, Williams EJ, Brown SS. 2013. Spatial and diurnal variability in reactive nitrogen oxide chemistry as reflected in the isotopic composition of atmospheric nitrate: results from the CalNex 2010 field study. J Geophys Res-Atmos 118(18): 10567- 10588. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/igrd.5068Q White MJ, Santhi C, Kannan N, Arnold JG, Harmel D, Norfleet L, Allen P, DiLuzio M, Wang X, Atwood J, Haney E, Johnson MV. 2014. Nutrient delivery from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico and effects of cropland conservation. J Soil Water Conserv 69(1): 26-40. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.2489/iswc.69.l.26 Wild-Allen K, Skerratt J, Whitehead J, Rizwi F, Parslow J. 2013. Mechanisms driving estuarine water quality: A 3D biogeochemical model for informed management. Estuar Coast Shelf S 135: 33-45. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.ecss.2013.04.009 Xia YQ, She DL, Li YF, Yan XY. 2014. Impact of sampling time on chamber-based measurements of riverine nitrous oxide emissions using relative difference analysis. Geoderma214: 197-203. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.geoderma.2013.09.011 Yao XH, Zhang L. 2013. Analysis of passive-sampler monitored atmospheric ammonia at 74 sites across southern Ontario, Canada. Biogeosciences 10(12): 7913-7925. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7913-2013 Yasuor H, Ben-Gal A, Yermiyahu U, Beit-Yannai E, Cohen S. 2013. Nitrogen management of greenhouse pepper production: agronomic, nutritional, and environmental implications. HortScience 48(10): 1241-1249. Available from: http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/48/10/1241.full Zaady E, Groffman PM, Standing D, Shachak M. 2013. High N20 emissions in dry ecosystems. Eur J Soil Biol 59: 1-7. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.eisobi.2013.08.004 News Arnason R. Cut nitrogen by 50 lb. zero-till farmers told. The Western Producer 2014 Jan 24. 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