Effects of atmospheric pollutants on forests, wetlands, and agricultural ecosystems

Book · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5090115

Hutchinson, T C; Meema, K M

This book reports on the knowledge of the sensitivities and responses of forests, wetlands and crops to airborne pollutants. Pollutants examined include: acidic depositions, heavy metal particulates, sulphur dioxide, ozone, nitrogen oxides, acid fogs, and mixtures of these. Various types of ecosystem stresses and physiological mechanisms pertinent to acid deposition are also discussed. Related subjects, such as the effects of ethylene on vegetation, the physiology of drought in trees, the ability of soils to generate acidity naturally, the role of Sphagnum moss in natural peatland acidity, the use of lichens as indicators of changing air quality, and the magnitude of natural emissions of reduced sulphur gases from tropical rainforests and temperate deciduous forests, are covered.

• OSTI ID: 5090115
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
ACID RAIN
AGRICULTURE
AIR POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
FORESTS
GASES
LEADING ABSTRACT
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
OZONE
PARTICULATES
SULFUR DIOXIDE
WETLANDS
ABSTRACTS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHALCOGENIDES
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOSYSTEMS
FLUIDS
INDUSTRY
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
POLLUTION
RAIN
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
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