Atmosphere-biosphere interactions : toward a better understanding of the ecological consequences of fossil fuel combustion : a report /

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Atmosphere and the Biosphere
Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1981.
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • 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.