An Evaluation of the Role of Ozone, Acid Deposition, and Other Airborne Pollutants in the Forests of Eastern North America
Title | An Evaluation of the Role of Ozone, Acid Deposition, and Other Airborne Pollutants in the Forests of Eastern North America PDF eBook |
Author | J. H. B. Garner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Acid deposition |
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An Evaluation of the Role of Ozone, Acid Deposition, and Other Airborne Pollutants in the Forests of Eastern North America
Title | An Evaluation of the Role of Ozone, Acid Deposition, and Other Airborne Pollutants in the Forests of Eastern North America PDF eBook |
Author | J. H. B. Garner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Trees |
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Critical Assessment of the Role of Acid Deposition, Photochemical Oxidants, and Other Airborne Sulfur- and Nitrogen-derived Pollutants in the Forests of Eastern North America
Title | Critical Assessment of the Role of Acid Deposition, Photochemical Oxidants, and Other Airborne Sulfur- and Nitrogen-derived Pollutants in the Forests of Eastern North America PDF eBook |
Author | J. H. B. Garner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 1989* |
Genre | Acid deposition |
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The Forest Response Program
Title | The Forest Response Program PDF eBook |
Author | Gerard D. Hertel |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Acid deposition |
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Impact of Air Pollutants on Southern Pine Forests
Title | Impact of Air Pollutants on Southern Pine Forests PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Fox |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 524 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1461208092 |
The public's attitude toward air pollution in the United States evolved substantially during the 1960s. One of the results of the nation's emerging environmental ethic was the creation of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in December of 1970. Prior to this time, research was focused on the impacts of air pollution on human health and welfare and was largely conducted by several federal research agencies, which included the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and the U. S. Department of Agricul ture. After the creation of the EPA, much of this work was consolidated in one regulatory agency, which resulted in periodic evaluations of the various effects of atmospheric pollution on human health, materials, agriculture, and forest ecosystems. At the same time that environmental interest was growing in the United States, concern increased in the European scientific community and public over the ecological impacts of acidic deposition. As the magnitude of the damage to European lakes and streams and the widespread decline in Norway spruce and silver fir was reported, concern that similar problems were occurring in the United States increased substantially. This concern was heightened by press reports of high elevation spruce-fir forest declines in the Adirondack and Appalachian Mountains and the decline and death of sugar maples in the northeastern United States and Canada.
Ozone Air Pollution in the Sierra Nevada - Distribution and Effects on Forests
Title | Ozone Air Pollution in the Sierra Nevada - Distribution and Effects on Forests PDF eBook |
Author | A. Bytnerowicz |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 433 |
Release | 2003-05-22 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0080538320 |
The book contains information on geology, climate and vegetation of the Sierra Nevada with a special emphasis on air pollution effects on the mixed conifer forests. A history of the extent of air pollution effects on mixed conifer forests, especially ponderosa and Jeffrey pines is provided. The physiological basis for ozone-type injury development in ponderosa pine, a discussion of ozone uptake by plants at different levels of biological organization and the effects of air pollution and other stresses on mountain forests are discussed. A considerable portion of the book is dedicated to development of statistical models and maps of ambient ozone distribution in the Sierra Nevada based on the 1999 monitoring data with passive samplers. The implications of the methodological results, formulation and application of regional air quality models for integrated assessment of urban and wildland pollution and the need for functionally integrated models of ozone deposition to the Sierra Nevada forests are also discussed. Management and monitoring needs for improved long-term understanding air pollution effects on forest ecosystems, discussion of options for proper management of the air pollution affected forests, and comparison of monitoring and modelling of ozone and forest health status in the Sierra Nevada with similar efforts in mountains of North American and European mountain ranges are the focus of the later chapters of the book.
Sugar Maple Ecology and Health
Title | Sugar Maple Ecology and Health PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Braithwaite Horsley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Sugar maple |
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