Nitrogen Newsletter Issue 44, November 2013 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. Table of Contents Articles 1 News 6 Reports 8 Web Pages 9 Articles Albert KR, Bruhn A, Ambus P. 2013. Nitrous oxide emission from Ulva lactuca incubated in batch cultures is stimulated by nitrite, nitrate and light. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 448: 37-45. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.iembe.2013.06.010 Ale S, Gowda PH, Mulla DJ, Moriasi DN, Youssef MA. 2013. Comparison of the performances of DRAINMOD-NII and ADAPT models in simulating nitrate losses from subsurface drainage system. Agr Water Manage 129: 21-30. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.agwat.2013.07.008 Amon-Armah F, Yiridoe EK, Ahmad NHM, Hebb D, Jamieson R, Burton D, Madani A. 2013. Effect of nutrient management planning on crop yield, nitrate leaching and sediment loading in Thomas Brook Watershed. Environ Manage 52(5): 1177-1191. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sQ0267-013-0148-z Bal KD, Brion N, Woule-Ebongue V, Schoelynck J, Jooste A, Barron C, Dehairs F, Meire P, Bouma TJ. 2013. Influence of hydraulics on the uptake of ammonium by two freshwater plants. Freshwater Biol 58(12): 2452-2463. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10. Ill 1/fwb. 12222 Behera SN, Sharma M, Aneja VP, Balasubramanian R. 2013. Ammonia in the atmosphere: a review on emission sources, atmospheric chemistry and deposition on terrestrial bodies. Environ Sci Pollut R 20(11): 8092-8131. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sl 1356-013- 2051-9 ------- Brunner B, Contreras S, Lehmann MF, Matantseva 0, Rollog M, Kalvelage T, Klockgether G, Lavik G, Jetten MSM, Kartal B, Kuypers MMM. 2013. Nitrogen isotope effects induced by anammox bacteria. PNAS 110(47): 18994-18999. Available from: http://dx.doi.ors/10.1073/pnas.1310488110 Buzzelli C, Wan Y, Doering PH, Boyer JN. 2013. Seasonal dissolved inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus budgets for two sub-tropical estuaries in south Florida, USA. Biogeosciences 10(10): 6721-6736. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6721-2013 Cade-Menun BJ, Bell G, Baker-Ismai, S, Fouli Y, Hodder K, McMartin DW, Perez-Valdivia C, Wu KS. 2013. Nutrient loss from Saskatchewan cropland and pasture in spring snowmelt runoff. Can J Soil Sci 93(4, SI): 445-458. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/CJSS2012- 042 Cardenas LM, Gooday R, Brown L, Scholefield D, Cuttle S, Gilhespy S, Matthews R, Misselbrook T, Wang J, Li C, Hughes G, Lord E. 2013. Towards an improved inventory of N20 from agriculture: model evaluation of N20 emission factors and N fraction leached from different sources in UK agriculture. Atmos Environ 79: 340-348. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.atmosenv.2013.06.033 Caruso BS, O'Sullivan AD, Faulkner S, Sherratt M , Clucas R. 2013. Agricultural diffuse nutrient pollution transport in a mountain wetland complex. Water Air Soil Poll 224(10): 1695. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sl 1270-013-1695-x Christensen JR, Nash MS, Neale A. 2013. Identifying riparian buffer effects on stream nitrogen in southeastern coastal plain watersheds. Environ Manage 52(5): 1161-1176. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sQ0267-013-0151-4 de Vries W, Kros J, Kroeze C, Seitzinger SP. 2013. Assessing planetary and regional nitrogen boundaries related to food security and adverse environmental impacts. Curr Opin Env Sust 5(3-4): 392-402. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.cosust.2013.07.004 Duncan JM, Groffman PM, Band LE. 2013. Towards closing the watershed nitrogen budget: spatial and temporal scaling of denitrification. J Geophys Res-Biogeo 118(3): 1105-1119. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/igrg.2009Q Elsaholi M, Kelly-Quinn M. 2013. The effect of nutrient concentrations and ratios on periphyton biomass in low conductivity streams: implications for determination of nutrient limitation. Inland Waters 3(4): 451-458. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.5268/IW-3.4.595 Eshleman KN, Sabo RD, Kline KM. 2013. Surface water quality is improving due to declining atmospheric N deposition. Environ Sci Technol, 47(21: 12193-12200. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es4028748 ------- Feller IC, Chamberlain AH, Piou C, Chapman S, Lovelock CE. 2013. Latitudinal patterns of herbivory in mangrove forests: consequences of nutrient over-enrichment. Ecosystems 16(7): 1203-1215. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/slQ021-013-9678-8 Freedman Z, Eisenlord SD, Zak DR, Xue K, He ZL, Zhou JZ. 2013. Towards a molecular understanding of N cycling in northern hardwood forests under future rates of N deposition. Soil Biol Biochem 66: 130-138. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.soilbio.2013.07.010 Gentilesca T, Vieno M, Perks MP, Borghetti M, Mencuccini M. 2013. Effects of long-term nitrogen addition and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on carbon accumulation in Picea sitchensis plantations. Ecosystems 16(7): 1310-1324. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/slQ021-013-9685-9 Giannoni SM, RollenbeckR, Fabian P, Bendix J. 2013. Complex topography influences atmospheric nitrate deposition in a neotropical mountain rainforest. Atmos Environ 79: 385-394. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.atmosenv.2013.06.023 Griffis TJ, Lee X, Baker JM, Russelle MP, Zhang X, Venterea R, Millet DB. 2013. Reconciling the differences between top-down and bottom-up estimates of nitrous oxide emissions for the US Corn Belt. Global Biogeochem Cy 27(3): 746-754. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gbc.20Q66 Guieysse B, Plouviez M, Coilhac M, Cazali L. 2013. Nitrous oxide (N20) production in axenic Chlorella vulgaris microalgae cultures: evidence, putative pathways, and potential environmental impacts. Biogeosciences 10(10): 6737-6746. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6737-2013 Guo JH, Peng YZ, Wang SY, Ma B, Ge SJ, Wang ZW, Huang HJ, Zhang JR, Zhang L. 2013. Pathways and organisms involved in ammonia oxidation and nitrous oxide emission. Crit Rev Env Sci Tec 43(21): 2213-2296. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2012.672Q72 Herivaux C, Orban P, Brouyere S. 2013 . Is it worth protecting groundwater from diffuse pollution with agri-environmental schemes? A hydro-economic modeling approach. J Environ Manage 128: 62-74. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.ienvman.2013.04.058 Hesse C, Krysanova V, Vetter T, Reinhardt J. 2013. Comparison of several approaches representing terrestrial and in-stream nutrient retention and decomposition in watershed modelling. Ecol Model 269: 70-85. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.ecolmodel.2013.08.017 Hogberg MN, Hogbom L, Kleja DB. 2013. Soil microbial community indices as predictors of soil solution chemistry and N leaching in Picea abies (L.) Karst. forests in S. Sweden. Plant Soil 372(1-2): 507-522. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sl 1104-013-1742-9 ------- Karthic I, Brugam RB, Retzlaff W, Johnson K. 2013. The impact of nitrogen contamination and river modification on a Mississippi River floodplain lake. Sci Total Environ 463: 734- 742. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.scitotenv.2013.06.070 Lantinga EA, Boele E, Rabbinge R. 2013. Maximizing the nitrogen efficiency of a prototype mixed crop-livestock farm in The Netherlands. NJAS-Wagen J Life Sc 66(SI): 15-22. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.nias.2013.07.001 Lenzi M, Renzi M, Nesti U, Gennaro P, Persia E, Porrello S. 2013. Vegetation cyclic shift in eutrophic lagoon. Assessment of dystrophic risk indices based on standing crop evaluations. Estuar Coast Shelf S 132(SI): 99-107. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.ecss.2011.10.006 Leon-Munoz J, Echeverria C, Marce R, Riss W, Sherman B, Iriarte JL. 2013. The combined impact of land use change and aquaculture on sediment and water quality in oligotrophic Lake Rupanco (North Patagonia, Chile, 40.8 degrees S). J Environ Manage 128: 283-291. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.ienvman.2013.05.008 Li DJ, Watson CJ, Yan MJ, Lalor S, Rafique R, Hyde B, Lanigan G, Richards KG, Holden NM, Humphreys J. 2013. A review of nitrous oxide mitigation by farm nitrogen management in temperate grassland-based agriculture. J Environ Manage 128: 893-903. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.ienvman.2013.06.026 Lockfield KC, Fleeger JW, Deegan LA. 2013. Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus responses to long-term, whole-ecosystem nutrient enrichment. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 492: 211-222. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/mepsl0495 Mackey KRM, Hunter D, Fischer EV, Jiang YL, Allen B, Chen Y, Liston A, Reuter J, Schladow G, Paytan A. 2013. Aerosol-nutrient-induced picoplankton growth in Lake Tahoe. J Geophys Res-Biogeo 118(3): 1054-1067. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/igrg.20084 Mahaijan B, VentereaRT. 2013. Nitrite intensity explains N management effects on N20 emissions in maize. Soil Biol Biochem 66: 229-238. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.soilbio.2013.07.015 Majumdar D. 2013. Biogeochemistry of N20 uptake and consumption in submerged soils and rice fields and implications in climate change. Crit Rev Env Sci Tec 43(24): 2653-2684. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2Q12.694332 McLauchlan KK, Williams JJ, Engstrom DR. 2013. Nutrient cycling in the palaeorecord: fluxes from terrestrial to aquatic ecosystems. Holocene 23(11): 1635-1643. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683613496289 Meehan TD, Gratton C, Diehl E, Hunt ND, Mooney DF, Ventura SJ, Barham BL, Jackson RD. 2013. Ecosystem-service tradeoffs associated with switching from annual to perennial ------- energy crops in riparian zones of the US Midwest. PLoS ONE 8(11): e80093. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/iournal.pone.0080Q93 Meyer-Aurich A, Olesen JE, Prochnow A, Brunsch R. 2013. Greenhouse gas mitigation with scarce land: the potential contribution of increased nitrogen input. Mitig Adapt Strat G1 18(7): 921-932. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s 11027-012-9399-x Milstead WB, Hollister JW, Moore RB, Walker HA. 2013. Estimating summer nutrient concentrations in northeastern lakes from SPARROW load predictions and modeled lake depth and volume. PLOS ONE 8(11): e81457. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/iournal.pone.0081457 Mongelli G, Paternoster M, Sinisi R. 2013. Assessing nitrate origin in a volcanic aquifer using a dual isotope approach. Int J Environ Sci Te 10(6): 1149-1156. Available from: http://dx.doi. org/10.1007/s 13 762-012-0169-9 Montross GG, McGlynn BL, Montross SN, Gardner KK. 2013. Nitrogen production from geochemical weathering of rocks in southwest Montana, USA. J Geophys Res-Biogeo 118(3): 1068-1078. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/igrg.20Q85 Moree AL, Beusen AHW, Bouwman AF, Willems WJ. 2013. Exploring global nitrogen and phosphorus flows in urban wastes during the twentieth century. Global Biogeochem Cy 27(3): 836-846. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gbc.20Q72 Rossi S, Bordeleau A, Morin H, Houle D. 2013. The effects of N-enriched rain and warmer soil on the ectomycorrhizae of black spruce remain inconclusive in the short term. Ann Forest Sci 70(8): 825-834. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sl3595-013-Q329-l Roth T, Kohli L, Rihm B, Achermann B. 2013. Nitrogen deposition is negatively related to species richness and species composition of vascular plants and bryophytes in Swiss mountain grassland. Agr Ecosyst Environ 178: 121-126. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.agee.2013.07.002 Sanford WE, Pope JP. 2013. Quantifying groundwater's role in delaying improvements to Chesapeake Bay water quality. Environ Sci Technol 47(23): 13330-13338. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es401334k Sullivan MJ, Gates AJ, Appia-Ayme C, Rowley G, Richardson DJ. 2013. Copper control of bacterial nitrous oxide emission and its impact on vitamin B12-dependent metabolism. PNAS 110( 49): 19926-19931. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1314529110 Sun SH, Liu JJ, Chang SX. 2013. Temperature sensitivity of soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization: impacts of nitrogen species and land use type. Plant Soil 372(1-2): 597-608. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sl 1104-013-1758-1 ------- Uchida Y, Akiyama H. 2013. Mitigation of postharvest nitrous oxide emissions from soybean ecosystems: a review. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 59(4): 477-487. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2013.8Q5433 van Diepen LTA, Entwistle EM, Zak DR. 2013. Chronic nitrogen deposition and the composition of active arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Appl Soil Ecol 72: 62-68. Available from: http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/i.apsoil.2013.05.012 Vega Thurber RL, Burkepile DE, Fuchs C, Shantz AA, McMinds R, Zaneveld JR. 2013. Chronic nutrient enrichment increases prevalence and severity of coral disease and bleaching. Global Change Biol [Article first published online 2013 Nov 26.] Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10. Ill 1/gcb. 12450 Wu JP, Liu WF, Fan HB, Huang GM, Wan SZ, Yuan YH, Ji CF. 2013. Asynchronous responses of soil microbial community and understory plant community to simulated nitrogen deposition in a subtropical forest. Ecol Evol 3(11): 3895-3905. Available from: http ://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.750 Yoshimoto S, Tsuchihara T, Ishida S, Imaizumi M. 2013. Development of a numerical model for nitrates in groundwater in the reservoir area of the Komesu subsurface dam, Okinawa, Japan. Environ Earth Sci 70(5): 2061-2077. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.10Q7/sl2665- 011-1356-6 News Draft integrated science assessment for nitrogen oxides-health criteria: a notice by the Environmental Protection Agency on 11/22/2013. [FRL-9903-22-ORD, Docket ID No. EPA- HQ-ORD-2013-0232, Document Number: 2013-27979.] Federal Register 2013 Nov 22. 78 FR 70040-70041. Available from: https://federalregister.gov/a/2013-27979 U.S. farmers taking proactive steps to reduce nutrient runoff into waterways. 4-traders News 2013 Nov 20. Available from: http://www.4-traders.com/news/US-Farmers-Taking- Proactive-Steps-to-Reduce-Nutrient-Runoff-into-Waterwavs—17481328/ Marcotty J. 70,000 private Minnesota wells are in line for nitrate testing. Star Tribune [Minneapolis] 2013 Nov 15. Available from: http://www.startribune.com/lifestvle/health/232001891.html Campbell B. How climate-smart agriculture is improving the lives of millions around the world. HuffPost Food for Thought 2013 Nov 14. Available from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-campbell-phd/how-climate-smart-agriculture-is- improving b 4255424.html ------- Iowa Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2013 nutrient management standard released in Iowa. National Hog Farmer 2013 Nov 14. Available from: http://nationalhogfarmer.com/environment/2013-nutrient-management-standard-released-iowa Wheeler T. Cleaner air helps Chesapeake Bay. The Baltimore Sun 2013 Nov 6. Available from: http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/blog/bal-bmg-cleaner-air-helps-chesapeake- bav-20131106.0.61772.story Morris N. Nitrate study underway for Lake Springfield watershed. The State Journal- Register [Springfield, IL] 2013 Nov 4. Available from: http://www.si-r.com/top- stories/x450316704/Nitrate-studv-underwav-for-Lake-Springfield-watershed#ixzz2ivpKbDSo For Bloomberg BNA subscribers (including EPA staff): Lyman EJ. Climate change: rising nitrous oxide emissions pose risks for both climate, ozone layer, UNEP warns. Daily Environ Rep 2013 Nov 22. Available from: http://esweb.bna.com/eslw/1245/split displav.adp?fedfid=38321622&vname=dennotallissues& wsn=497882500&searchid=21671210&doctvpeid=2&tvpe=date&mode=doc&split=0&scm=124 5&pg=0 Air pollution: EPA releases nitrogen oxides science assessment. Daily Environ Rep 2013 Nov 22. Available from: http://esweb.bna.com/eslw/1245/split displav.adp?fedfid=38321616&vname=dennotallissues& wsn=497149000&searchid=21671210&doctvpeid=2&tvpe=date&mode=doc&split=0&scm= 124 5&pg=0 Day J. Chesapeake Bay: benefits of nitrogen cuts on Eastern Shore likely decades away, USGS study says. Daily Environ Rep 2013 Nov 14. Available from: http://esweb.bna.com/eslw/1245/split displav.adp?fedfid=38149390&vname=dennotallissues& wsn=4973 64000&searchid=21671210&doctvpeid=2&tvpe=date&mode=doc&split=0&scm= 124 5&pg=l Vittorio A. Chesapeake Bay: NOx limits for power plants help improve water quality in Chesapeake Bay, study says. Daily Environ Rep 2013 Nov 8. 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Oceans: nutrient runoff harms corals, but reducing pollution can reverse trends — study. ClimateWire 2013 Nov 27. Available from: http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059991086/ Stecker T. Biofuels: growing perennial grasses with corn has benefits, but financial losses are likely ~ study. ClimateWire 2013 Nov 27. Available from: http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059991085/ Minnesota: state aims to test 70,000 wells for fertilizer contamination. Greenwire 2013 Nov 15. Available from: http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1059990540/ Stecker T. Agriculture: survey shows slow erosion of climate change skepticism among Iowa farmers. ClimateWire 2013 Nov 8. Available from: http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059990195/ Water pollution: clean air improves Chesapeake Bay watershed — study. Greenwire 2013 Nov 7. Available from: http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1059990138/ Water pollution: urban wetlands show promise for controlling runoff — study. Greenwire 2013 Nov 4. Available from: http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1059989892/ Reports United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 2013 Nov. Drawing down N20 to protect climate and the ozone layer: a UNEP synthesis report. Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP. 57 p. Available from: http://www.unep.org/pdf/UNEPN2Qreport.pdf World Meteorological Orbanization (WMO). 2013 Nov 6. The state of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere based on global observations through 2012. Greenhouse Gas Bulletin 9. Geneva: WMO. 4 p. Available from: http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/gaw/ghg/documents/GHG Bulletin No.9 en.pdf Murphy JC, Hirsch RM, Sprague LA. 2013. Nitrate in the Mississippi River and its tributaries, 1980-2010: an update. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013-5169. Reston, Va.: USGS. 31 p. Available from: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2013/5169/pdf/sir20135169.pdf ------- Web Pages Drawing down N20 to protect climate and the ozone layer: a UNEP synthesis report. [Internet.] Nairobi, Kenya:.United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Available from: http://www.unep.org/publications/ebooks/UNEPN20report/ Integrated science assessment for oxides of nitrogen - health criteria (first external review draft). [Internet.] [Last updated on Thursday, December 12, 2013.] Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Available from: http://cfpub.epa. gov/ncea/isa/recordisplav.cfm?deid=259167 Murphy JC, Hirsch RM, Sprague LA. 2013. Nitrate in the Mississippi River and its tributaries, 1980-2010: an update. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013-5169. [Internet.] [Last updated on Tuesday, October 29, 2013.] Reston, Va.: USGS. Available from: http ://pubs.usgs. gov/sir/2013/5169/ ------- |