• Mineau, Madeleine
  University of New Hampshire
  

Human alterations to the global nitrogen (N) cycle have resulted in elevated N deposition that alters ecosystem N dynamics and can result in watershed N saturation. Research on the effects of elevated N deposition has focused on dissolved inorganic N (DIN) despite the fact that dissolved organic N (DON) is frequently the dominant form of N exported from watersheds. We investigated the effect of nitrogen (N) deposition on dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) uptake and the coupling of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and DON in forested headwater streams in the northeastern US.