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Johan Schuf, Aquatic Environmental Geochemistry, UMCES/Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, Maryland. 

University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Maastricht University, Department of Health Risk Analysis and Toxicology " Vrije Universiteit, Institute for Environmental Studies/IVM Wageningen University, Toxicology Section Wageningen IMARES... 

The authors would like to thank Drs. Joseph J. Cooney and Laurence E. Hallas of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory and Dr. Jon M. Bellama of the Department of Chemistry (all of the University of Maryland) for providing copies of unpublished manuscripts. The authors are indebted to Drs. Thomas D. Coyle, Warren P. Iverson, and Greg J. Olson, all of the National Bureau of Standards, for valuable comments and discussions. The authors also thank Dr. William H. Zoller (Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland) and Science magazine for granting copyright release. 

Elizabeth M. Troll Chesapeake Biological Laboratories, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. 

The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, Solomons, MD 20688... 

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Bailey, E. (2005). Measurements of nutrient and oxygen fluxes in estuarine and coastal marine sediments Literature review and data report, Technical Report Series Ref. No. [UMCESJCBL 05-091. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, 36pp. http //www.gonzo.cbl.umces.edu/N%20Chapter%20Flux.pdf. 

Boynton, W. R., Murray, L., Kemp, W. M., Hagy, J. D., Stokes, C., Jacobs, F., Bowers, J., Souza, S., Krinsky, B., and Seibel, J. (1992). Maryland s Coastal Bays An Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystems, Pollutant Loadings, and Management Options, Ref No. [UMCES]CBL 93-053. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD. 

Stankelis, R. M., Boynton, W. R., Prank, J. M., and Rohland, F. M. (1999). Sediment-water oxygen and nutrient exchanges Mini-SONE and high resolution mapping. Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Monitoring Program, Level One Report No. 16, Technical Rept. Ser. No. TS-190-99. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD. pp. 1—164. 

Richard A, Smucker Assistant Professor University of Maryland/CEES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory P.O. Box 38... 

Chesapeake Biological Laboratories University of Maryland Solomons, MD 20688, U.S.A. 

Three atmospheric sites in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and in close proximity to the Bay itself, were continuously monitored in 1997/98 as part of a large EPA-funded study of the atmospheric speciation of metals and organic contaminants and of the concentration of these constituents in wet and dry deposition (77, 18, 20, 21). There was an urban site, located on the roof of the Science Center (SC) in downtown Baltimore (Figure 1) and two more rural sites. These sites were the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) at the mouth of the Patuxent River (about 60 km from the nearest city) and Stillpond (STP), on the eastern shore of the northern Chesapeake Bay and within 20 km of Baltimore (Figure 1). Previous studies occupied sites at Elms, Wye and Lewes (Figure 1) and a site in western Maryland near Frostburg (FRB). 

Figure L Map of the sampling sites. Locations of our study sites are the Science Center in downtown Baltimore (SC) and the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL). Other sites discussed in the chapter are Elms, Wye and the site in western Maryland, near Frostburg.

Table I. Chemical Composition of Major Ions in Rainwater Collected at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) and the Science Center (SC).

We thank Joe Steinbacher and Bernie Crimmins and others at CBL for help with sample collection, and for help in bottle preparation and other laboratory activities. This study was funded by the EPA STAR Air Toxics Program, Grant R825245-01. This is Contribution No. 3462, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland. 

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