Atmosphere-biosphere interactions : toward a better understanding of the ecological consequences of fossil fuel combustion : a report /
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
1981.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=14686 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction and overview
- The fossil fuel scenario: the probability of a crisis in the biosphere
- This report
- Conclusions and recommendations
- Scientific understanding of atmosphere-biosphere interactions: a historical overview
- Human alterations of the atmosphere
- Energy and air pollution
- Biogenic emissions to the atmosphere
- Nitrogen
- Sulfur
- Trace metals
- Atmospheric emissions from burning of natural biomass
- Natural organic products
- Anthropogenic sources of atmospheric substances
- Patterns of fossil fuel use
- Atmospheric emissions from fossil fuel burning
- Atmospheric transport, transformation, and deposition processes
- Transport and diffusion
- Transformations
- Deposition
- Residence times for substances in the atmosphere
- Biological accumulation and effect of atmospheric contaminants
- Accumulation in terrestrial ecosystems
- Accumulation in aquatic ecosystems
- Accumulation in soils and aquatic sediments
- Transformation in soils and waters
- Transfer of substances from terrestrial to aquatic ecosystems
- Pollutants and individual organisms
- Studying the effects of atmospheric deposition of ecosystems
- Predicting anthropogenic effects on ecosystems
- Highly sensitive organisms as early indicators
- Common responses of ecosystems to stress
- Natural records of pollution
- Monitoring large-scale pollution
- Acid precipitation
- Causes of acid precipitation
- Effects of acid on the biosphere
- Assessment of ecological effects
- Amelioration.