Victoria Kelly

Environmental Monitoring Program Manager | BS, MA

Certified Senior Ecologist, Ecological Society of America

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Vicky Kelly manages Cary Institute's Environmental Monitoring Program, which includes monitoring climate as well as air, precipitation and streamwater quality, solar radiation, phenology, and the behavior of water in the landscape. Data from the program have been used to understand the dynamics of road salt and the effects of climate change on precipitation chemistry.

Current projects include the effectiveness of road salt reduction practices, the impact of climate change on plant and animal life cycle events (phenology), and monitoring of water at the landscape scale.

Recent publications include Road Salt: The Problem, The Solution, and How to Get There and The State of the Environment, Dutchess County.

Effect of Climate Change between 1984 and 2007 on Precipitation Chemistry at a Site in Northeastern USA
Kelly, Victoria R., Kathleen C. Weathers, Gary M. Lovett, and Gene E. Likens. 2009. “Effect of Climate Change Between 1984 and 2007 on Precipitation Chemistry at a Site in Northeastern USA”. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43: 3461-66. doi:10.1021/es8033473.
Long-term sodium chloride retention in a rural watershed: Legacy effects of road salt on stream water concentrations
Kelly, Victoria R., Gary M. Lovett, Kathleen C. Weathers, Stuart E. G. Findlay, David L. Strayer, D.J. Burns, and Gene E. Likens. 2008. “Long-Term Sodium Chloride Retention in a Rural Watershed: Legacy Effects of Road Salt on Stream Water Concentrations”. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42: 410-15. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Kelly_et_al_EST_2008.pdf.
The Climate and Air Quality of Dutchess County New York
Bernhardt, J., Victoria R. Kelly, Allison Chatrchyan, and A. Degaetano. 2008. “The Climate and Air Quality of Dutchess County New York”. In Dutchess County Natural Resources Inventory. Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County, in cooperation with Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies….
Increased salinization of fresh water in the northeastern United States
Kaushal, Sujay S., Peter M. Groffman, Gene E. Likens, Kenneth T Belt, William Stack, Victoria R. Kelly, Lawrence E. Band, and G.T. Fisher. 2005. “Increased Salinization of Fresh Water in the Northeastern United States”. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 102: 13517-20.
Trends in atmospheric ammonium concentrations in relation to atmospheric sulfate and local agriculture
Kelly, Victoria R., Gary M. Lovett, Kathleen C. Weathers, and Gene E. Likens. 2005. “Trends in Atmospheric Ammonium Concentrations in Relation to Atmospheric Sulfate and Local Agriculture”. Environ. Pollut. 135: 363-69.
Trends in atmospheric concentration and deposition compared to regional and local pollutant emissions at a rural site in southeastern New York, USA
Kelly, Victoria R., Gary M. Lovett, Kathleen C. Weathers, and Gene E. Likens. 2002. “Trends in Atmospheric Concentration and Deposition Compared to Regional and Local Pollutant Emissions at a Rural Site in Southeastern New York, USA”. Atmospheric Environment 36: 1569-75.
Environmental Monitoring Program: 1988-1998 Summary Report Part I: Meteorology
Kelly, Victoria R. 1999. “Environmental Monitoring Program: 1988-1998 Summary Report Part I: Meteorology”. Occasional Publication of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Millbrook, NY: Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
Environmental Monitoring Program: 1984-1998 Summary Report Part II: Precipitation Chemistry (1984-1998); Stream Water Chemistry (1985-1998); Aerosol Chemistry, Total Suspended Particulates, SO2, HNO3 (1988-1998)
Kelly, Victoria R. 1999. “Environmental Monitoring Program: 1984-1998 Summary Report Part II: Precipitation Chemistry (1984-1998); Stream Water Chemistry (1985-1998); Aerosol Chemistry, Total Suspended Particulates, SO2, HNO3 (1988-1998)”. Occasional Publication of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Millbrook, NY: Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
Biomass allocation and multiple resource limitation in tree seedlings
Canham, Charles D., Alan R. Berkowitz, Victoria R. Kelly, Gary M. Lovett, S. V. Ollinger, and Jaclyn L. Schnurr. 1996. “Biomass Allocation and Multiple Resource Limitation in Tree Seedlings”. Can. J. For. Res. 26: 1521-30. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Canham_et_al_1996_Can_J_For_Res_26_1521-1530.pdf.
Competition vs. facilitation of tree seedling growth and survival in early successional communities
Berkowitz, Alan R., Charles D. Canham, and Victoria R. Kelly. 1995. “Competition Vs. Facilitation of Tree Seedling Growth and Survival in Early Successional Communities”. Ecology 76: 1156-68. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Berkowitz_et_al_1995_Ecology_76_1156-1168.pdf.