Coastal waters, atmospheric deposition

Golomh, D., Barry, E., et al (2001) Atmospheric deposition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons near New England coastal waters. Atmospheric Environment, 35(36) 6245-6258. 

In some estuaries and coastal embayments, atmospheric deposition direcdy to the water surface can account for a substantial fraction of N input (as much as 40% of the N inputs from river plus atmospheric inputs Table 9.6). Flowever, the relative importance of atmospheric deposition as an N source varies considerably among coastal systems and depends on a number of factors, including the nature of watershed N sources and the relative sizes of the contributing watershed and receiving estuary (Vahgura et ai, 2001). 

Coastal eutrophication Atmospheric deposition adds nitrogen to coastal waters Paerl et al. 2002, Howarth, this volume... 

If necessary, EPA is required to promulgate regulations to control the atmospheric deposition of hazardous air pollutant to surface and coastal waters. 

Baker JE (1997) Atmospheric deposition of contaminants to the Great Lakes and coastal waters. SETAC Press, Pensacola, p 442... 

Eisenreich SJ, Hornbuckle KC, Achman DR (1997) In Baker JE (ed) Atmospheric Deposition of Contaminants to the Great Lakes and Coastal Water. SETAC, Pensacola, FL, USA p 109... 

Paerl, H.W., Dennis, R.L., and Whitall, D.R. (2002) Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen implications for nutrient over-enrichment of coastal waters. Estuaries 25, 677-693. 

Monitoring of changes in the radioecological situation around each radiation-hazardous enterprise is the main methodic principle of information survey. Measurements, which frequency and scope depend on location and specific condition of every environmental contamination source, are conducted as follows monitoring of seawater, aerosols - every day dry land, atmospheric depositions - every week drinking water - every month coastal and marine vegetation, fish, benthos - once a year. 

Atmospheric N deposition can be an important source of N to coastal and open ocean ecosystems. The potential importance of N in atmospheric deposition has been recognized for over twenty years (e.g., CorreU and Ford, 1982 Duce, 1986 Paerl, 1985). Recognition of the importance of atmospheric deposition as a source of N to coastal waters increased rapidly following the analysis by Fisher and Oppenheimer (1991) for a number of coastal systems, including Chesapeake Bay. Atmospheric deposition to watersheds contributes to diffuse N loads in rivers as discussed previously in this chapter. In this section we are specifically referring to N deposited (wet and dry) direcdy to the surface of coastal and open ocean waters. 

Castro, M. S., DriscoU, C. T., Jordan, T. E., Reay, W. G., Boynton, W. R., Seitzinger, S. P., Styles, R. V., and Cable,. E. (2001). Contribution of atmospheric deposition to the total nitrogen loads to thirty-four estuaries on the Aflantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. In Nitrogen Loading in Coastal Water Bodies An Atmospheric Perspective, Coastal and Estuarine Studies. AGU. pp. 77-106. 

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