| Description |
xix, 506 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Proceedings of the Conference on the Effects of Acid Precipitation on Ecological Systems, held at Michigan State University. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
[Part 1. History and current status of acid precipitation and its ecological consequences] -- A status report on acid precipitation and its biological consequences as of April 1981 / E.B. Cowling -- The concern for acidic deposition in the Great Lakes region / O.L. Loucks -- An historical resume of progress in scientific and public understanding of acid precipitation and its biological consequences / E.B. Cowling -- [Part 2. General overview : sources of acid precipitation, monitoring, and related problems] -- The electric power industry emissions data : past, present and future for the Great Lakes and North America / W.L. Keepers -- The ecological consequences of acid discharges from industrial smelters / T.C. Hutchison -- Relationship between mesoscale acid precipitation and meteorological factors / K.W. Ragland and K.E. Wilkening -- Environment Canada's long range transport of atmospheric polluntants program : atmospheric studies / L.A. Barrie -- [Part 3. The effects of acid preciptation on aquatic resources]-- Chemical and biological status of headwater lakes in the Sault Ste. Marie district, Ontario / J.R.M. Kelso -- The effects of acidification on stream ecosystems / T.M. Burton ... [et al.] -- A watershed approach - the EPRI integrated lake watershed acidification study (ILWAS) / A.H. Johannes ... [et al.] -- Liming acid ponds in New York / L.M. Blake -- The neutralization of acid precipitation in watershed ecosystems of the upper peninsula of Michigan / J.R. Stottlemyer -- Ecological effects of acid precipitation on primary producers / H.L. Conway and G.R. Hendrey -- Ecological effects of acid preciptation on zooplankton / D.F. Malley ... [et al.] -- Effects of acidic precipitation on benthos / R. Singer -- The effects of acid precipitation on water quality in roof catchment-cistern water supplies / W.E. Sharpe and E.S. Young -- [Part 4. Effects of acid precipitation on terrestrial systems] -- The interaction of wet and dry deposition with the forest canopy / S.E. Lindberg ... [et al.] -- Potential effects of acid precipitation on soil nitrogen and productivity of forest ecosystems / J.D. Aber -- The action of wet and dry deposition components of acid precipitation on litter and soil / W.W. McFee and C.S. Cronan -- The effects of acid precipitation on crops / J.J. Lee -- Effects of dry deposition components of acidic precipitation on vegetation / S.V. Krupa. |
| Subject(s) |
Acid precipitation (Meteorology) -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.
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| Alternate Author |
D'Itri, Frank M.
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Conference on the Effects of Acid Precipitation on Ecological Systems (1981 : Michigan State University)
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