Acidic Precipitation: Case Studies

ISBN-13: 9781461281795 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 311 str.

D. C. Adriano; M. Havas

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"awareness" of the world's citizens and encourage governments to devote more attention and resources to address this issue. The series editors thank the international panel of contributors for bringing this timely series into completion. We also wish to acknowledge the very insightful input of the following colleagues: Prof. A.L. Page of the University of California, Prof. T.C. Hutchinson of the University of Toronto, and Dr. Steve Lindberg of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. We also wish to thank the superb effort and cooperation of the volume editors in handling their respective volumes. The constructive criticisms of chapter review ers also deserve much appreciation. Finally, we wish to convey our appreciation to my secretary, Ms. Brenda Rosier, and my technician, Ms. Claire Carlson, for their very able assistance in various aspects of this series. Aiken, South Carolina Domy C. Adriano Coordinating Editor Preface to Acidic Precipitation, Volume 1 (Advances in Environmental Science) As a result of pioneering research in the 1960s and because of the perceived and acidic real environmental effects described during the ensuing years, the terms rain, acidic deposition, or acidic precipitation have become commonplace in the scientific and popular literature. In the last decade, governments throughout the world have responded to public pressure and to the concerns of the scientific community by establishing research programs on national and international scales."

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Acidic Deposition on Walker Branch Watershed.- I. Introduction.- II. Site Description.- III. Process-Level Studies.- IV. Ecosystem-Level Studies.- V. Long-Term Trends.- VI. Conclusions.- VII. Future Research.- References.- Acidic Precipitation: Case Study Solling.- I. Introduction.- II. Research Area.- III. Methods.- IV. Results.- V. Conclusions.- References.- Decline of Red Spruce in High-Elevation Forests of New York and New England.- I. Introduction.- II. The Occurrence of Spruce Decline.- III. Patterns and Rates of Mortality.- IV. Relationships between Mortality, Age, Aspects, and Elevation.- V. Climatic Extremes as Initiating Stresses.- VI. The Influence of Insects and Diseases.- VII. Summary of Natural Factors.- VIII. The Possibility of Air Pollution Involvement.- IX. Summary.- References.- ALBIOS: A Comparison of Aluminum Biogeochemistry in Forested Watersheds Exposed to Acidic Deposition.- I. Introduction.- II. Study Sites.- III. Methods.- IV. Results and Discussion.- V. Conclusions.- References.- Long-Term Acidic Precipitation Studies in Norway.- I. Introduction.- II. Atmospheric Transport and Deposition.- III. Acidification of Soil and Water.- IV. Effects on Organisms and Biological Processes in the Soil.- V. Effects on Aquatic Organisms.- VI. Effects on Forest.- VII. Effects on Humans.- VIII. Current and Future Research.- References.- Chemistry of Rocky Mountain Lakes.- I. Introduction.- II. Purpose.- III. Discussion.- IV. Future Research Needs.- V. Summary.- References.- Influence of Airborne Ammonium Sulfate on Soils of an Oak Woodland Ecosystem in the Netherlands: Seasonal Dynamics of Solute Fluxes.- I. Introduction.- II. Environmental Setting, Materials, and Methods.- III. Results and Discussion.- IV. Future Research Directions.- References.- Acidic Deposition: Case Study Scotland.- I. Introduction.- II. The Environment of Scotland.- III. Effects on Forested Ecosystems.- IV. Changes in Aquatic Ecosystems.- V. Discussion.- VI. Future Research Directions.- References.- Lange Bramke: An Ecosystem Study of a Forested Catchment.- I. Introduction.- II. Methods.- III. Hydrology.- IV. Ion Cycling.- V. Forest Effects.- VI. Discussion.- VII. Future Research at Lange Bramke.- References.