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Title: Input-output budgets of selected nutrients on an experimental watershed near Parsons, West Virginia

Author: Helvey, J. D.; Kunkle, Samuel H.

Date: 1986

Source: Res. Pap. NE-584. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p.

Station ID: RP-NE-584

Description: A control watershed at the Fernow Experimental Watershed effectively neutralizes acids received in precipitation. However, sulfate input by precipitation greatly exceeds sulfate losses as streamflow and watershed acidification is a real concern.

Keywords: Central Appalachians; acid precipitation; nutrient cycling; sulfate budgets

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Helvey, J. D.; Kunkle, Samuel H.  1986.  Input-output budgets of selected nutrients on an experimental watershed near Parsons, West Virginia.   Res. Pap. NE-584. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p..