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Acid deposition [[electronic resource] ] : long-term trends / / Committee on Monitoring and Assessment of Trends in Acid Deposition, Environmental Studies Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council
| Acid deposition [[electronic resource] ] : long-term trends / / Committee on Monitoring and Assessment of Trends in Acid Deposition, Environmental Studies Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (520 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7/386 |
| Soggetto topico |
Acid deposition - Environmental aspects
Environmental impact analysis |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-22170-4
9786610221707 0-309-55721-6 0-585-14366-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455419803321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Acid deposition : long-term trends / / Committee on Monitoring and Assessment of Trends in Acid Deposition, Environmental Studies Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council
| Acid deposition : long-term trends / / Committee on Monitoring and Assessment of Trends in Acid Deposition, Environmental Studies Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1986 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 506 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 363.7/386 |
| Soggetto topico |
Acid deposition - Environmental aspects - United States
Environmental impact analysis Environmental chemistry - United States |
| ISBN |
1-280-22170-4
9786610221707 0-309-55721-6 0-585-14366-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778712303321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1986 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Acid deposition : long-term trends / / Committee on Monitoring and Assessment of Trends in Acid Deposition, Environmental Studies Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council
| Acid deposition : long-term trends / / Committee on Monitoring and Assessment of Trends in Acid Deposition, Environmental Studies Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 506 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 363.7/386 |
| Soggetto topico |
Acid deposition - Environmental aspects
Environmental impact analysis |
| ISBN |
9786610221707
9781280221705 1280221704 9780309557214 0309557216 9780585143668 0585143668 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Acid Deposition -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Summary And Synthesis -- FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS -- METHODS -- MECHANISMS -- Mechanisms Of Linkage Among Atmospheric Processes -- Emissions -- Visibility -- Deposition -- Mechanisms Of Linkage Between Acid Deposition And Surface Water Chemistry -- Mechanisms Of Linkage Between Acid Deposition And Lake Sediments -- Sediment Chemistry -- Diatoms And Chrysophytes In Sediments And Ph Of Lake Water -- Mechanisms Of Linkage Between Acid Deposition And Biologic Effects -- Forests -- Fish Populations -- Relationships Among Mechanisms -- Complicating Factors -- SPATIAL PATTERNS AND TEMPORAL TRENDS -- Regions -- Spatial Patterns -- Temporal Trends -- The Record Since Industrialization (about 1880) -- The Half-Century Record -- The Record Since 1950 -- REFERENCES -- 2 Emissions Of Sulfur Dioxide And Nitrogen Oxides And Trends For Eastern North America -- INTRODUCTION -- Examples of the Flow Rates of Sulfur and Nitrogen from Natural Processes and from Human Activities -- Pollutant Flow Diagram -- PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF FUELS AND METALS -- Energy Demand Of The United States -- Coal -- Reserves and Production -- Sulfur Content -- Uncertainty of Sulfur Mobilization -- Surface Transfer Matrix -- Coal Consumption -- Oil Products -- Natural Gas -- Copper And Zinc Smelting -- SULFUR EMISSION TRENDS -- REGIONAL TRENDS IN EMISSIONS OF NITROGEN OXIDES -- COMPARISONS WITH OTHER TREND ESTIMATES -- Sulfur Dioxide -- Nitrogen Oxides -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 3 Uncertainties In Trends In Acid Deposition: The Role Of Climatic Fluctuations -- INTRODUCTION -- CYCLONE TRACKS -- PRECIPITATION AND DROUGHT -- AIR STAGNATION EPISODES -- TEMPERATURE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 4 Patterns And Trends In Data For Atmospheric Sulfates And Visibility -- INTRODUCTION -- DESCRIPTION OF DATA BASES.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION -- HISTORICAL TRENDS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 5 Precipitation Chemistry -- INTRODUCTION -- The Role Of Precipitation Composition In This Study -- Wet And Dry Deposition -- Constituents Of Interest -- Variability In Acid Deposition: The Role Of Meteorology -- DATA EVALUATION -- Comparing Three-Month Regional Bulk Data Concurrently With Wet-Only Data -- Comparing Bulk And Wet-Only Data At Hubbard Brook, New Hampshire -- Comparing U.S. Geological Survey Bulk Data With National Acid Deposition Program Wet-Only Data -- Comparing Two Wet-Only Networks At Three Sites -- Concluding Remarks -- GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION -- Current Concentration And Deposition Patterns -- Comparing Global Background And Eastern North American Precipitation Composition -- TIME-TREND INFORMATION -- Data Available -- Pre-1955 Data -- Trends From Mid-1950s To Present -- Trends For Hubbard Brook And Usgs Bulk Data -- The Hubbard Brook Data -- The U.S. Geological Survey Data -- The World Meteorological Organization/Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network Data -- The 1979-1982 CANSAP-APN and NADP Data -- Cansap-Apn Data -- NADP Data -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- REFERENCES -- 6 The Nature And Timing Of The Deterioration Of Red Spruce In The Northern Appalachian Mountains -- INTRODUCTION -- HIGH-ELEVATION CONIFEROUS FORESTS OF THE APPALACHIANS -- DEPOSITION OF ACIDIC SUBSTANCES AND HEAVY METALS IN NORTHERN APPALACHIAN FORESTS -- CHARACTERISTICS OF RED SPRUCE IN HIGH-ELEVATION CONIFEROUS FORESTS -- Decline, Disease, And Injury -- Changes In Red Spruce Populations -- INITIATION OF RED SPRUCE DETERIORATION -- SUMMARY OF POSSIBLE CAUSES -- REFERENCES -- 7 Streams And Lakes -- INTRODUCTION -- SULFATE FLUXES IN PRECIPITATION AND LAKES -- Results -- Analysis. TRENDS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF HEADWATER STREAMS OVER THE PAST 15 TO 20 YEARS -- Methods -- Results -- Sulfate Input and Output -- Trends In Stream-Water Sulfate In Bench-Mark Streams -- Trends In Alkalinity And Cations -- Interpretation Of 15-Year Trends In Alkalinity -- PROTOLYTIC CHEMISTRY OF SURFACE WATERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK, AND WISCONSIN -- Chemical Principles -- Data and Methods -- Replication And Consistency -- Trends In Alkalinity And pH Of Lakes In New York, New Hampshire, And Wisconsin -- Short-Term Variability -- SUMMARY -- Relationship Between Sulfate Input Flux to Lakes from Wet Deposition and Sulfate Output Flux from Lakes -- Bench-Mark Streams -- Lakes In Wisconsin, New York, And New Hampshire -- REFERENCES -- 8 Fish Population Trends In Response To Surface Water Acidification -- INTRODUCTION -- LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS -- FIELD EXPERIMENTS -- SPATIAL ASSOCIATIONS -- South Central Pennsylvania -- Vermont -- Maine -- Wisconsin -- TEMPORAL ASSOCIATIONS -- Ontario -- Adirondack Mountains, New York -- South Central Pennsylvania -- North Central Massachusetts -- Nova Scotia -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 9 Paleolimnological Evidence For Trends In Atmospheric Deposition Of Acids And Metals -- INTRODUCTION -- DIATOM AND CHRYSOPHYTE SEDIMENT ASSEMBLAGES -- Diatoms And Chrysophytes As Indicators Of Lake Chemistry -- Techniques For Determining pH Trends -- Evaluation Of Lake Acidification Causes -- Long-Term Natural Acidification -- Watershed Disturbance -- Atmospheric Deposition Of Strong Acids -- Evaluating Causes Of Recent Acidification -- ASSESSMENT OF RECENT LAKE ACIDIFICATION TRENDS IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA -- Data Selection -- Trends In Ph -- Changes In Water Chemistry Associated With Ph Trends -- Evaluation Of Trends In Acid Deposition -- Ongoing Studies. UNCERTAINTIES IN THE INTERPRETATION OF SEDIMENT DIATOM AND CHRYSOPHYTE ASSEMBLAGE DATA AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER… -- Diatom And Chrysophyte Taxonomy -- Diatom and Chrysophyte Physiology -- Diatom And Chrysophyte Ecology -- Sediment Processes -- Inference Techniques -- Statistical Analysis -- Acidification Processes And Selection Of Study Sites -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- THE CHEMICAL STRATIGRAPHY OF LAKE SEDIMENTS -- THE SEDIMENT RECORD -- THE CHEMICAL STRATIGRAPHY OF PEAT BOG DEPOSITION -- DIRECT COMPARISON OF DIATOM AND CHEMICAL DATA -- CONCLUSIONS -- Diatoms And Chrysophytes -- Geochemistry -- REFERENCES -- Appendixs -- Appendix A Methods For Sampling And Analysis Of Red Spruce Data -- REFERENCES -- Appendix B Input Sulfate Fluxes To Lakes From Wet-Only Deposition And Output Sulfate Fluxes From Lakes' Data Sources And… -- REFERENCES -- Appendix C Characteristics Of Bench-Mark Streams -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX D Historical Correction Factors for Alkalinity and Acid Status of Surface Waters -- Assumptions Regarding Protolytes -- Fundamental Definitions -- Colorimetric Ph Correction -- Other Protolyte Effects -- References -- Appendix E Physical And Chemical Characteristics Of Some Lakes In North America For Which Sediment--Diatom Data Exist -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910974434103321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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