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Effects of Acid Precipitation on Terrestrial Ecosystems

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. T. C. Hutchinson

    1. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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  2. M. Havas

    1. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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Part of the book series: Nato Conference Series (NATOCS, volume 4)

Part of the book sub series: I Ecology (E)

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Table of contents (51 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • T. C. Hutchison
      Pages 1-2

  3. Address to Conference Delegates

    1. Address to Conference Delegates

      • Frank Maine
      Pages 3-7

  4. The Nature of Precipitation Reaching the Forest Canopy and the Ground

    1. Wet and Dry Deposition of Sulphur and Nitrogen Compounds from the Atmosphere

      • David Fowler
      Pages 9-27

    2. An Estimation of the Atmospheric Input of Acidifying Substances to a Forest Ecosystem

      • Peringe Grennfelt, Curt Bengtson, Lena Skarby
      Pages 29-40

    3. Sulfur Dioxide Absorbed in Rain Water

      • Gode Gravenhorst, Sigfried Beilke, Martin Betz, Hans-Walter Georgii
      Pages 41-55

    4. Difficulties in Measuring Wet and Dry Deposition on Forest Canopies and Soil Surfaces

      • James N. Galloway, Geoffrey G. Parker
      Pages 57-68

    5. Wet and Dry Deposition of Sulfur at Hubbard Brook

      • John S. Eaton, Gene E. Likens, F. Herbert Bormann
      Pages 69-75

    6. Acid Snow - Snowpack Chemistry and Snowmelt

      • Hans M. Seip
      Pages 77-94

    7. Ion Relationships in Acid Precipitation and Stream Chemistry

      • G. M. Glover, A. S. Kallend, A. R. W. Marsh, A. H. Webb
      Pages 95-109

    8. The Sulfur Budget of Sweden

      • Svante Odén, Thorsten Ahl
      Pages 111-122

  5. The Effect of Acidic Atmospheric Inputs on Vegetation

    2. The Influence of Vegetation in Modifying Atmospheric Inputs to the Soil

      1. Assessing the Contribution of Crown Leaching to the Element Content of Rainwater beneath Trees
        • K. H. Lakhani, H. G. Miller
        Pages 161-172
      2. Input to Soil, Especially the Influence of Vegetation in Intercepting and Modifying Inputs — A Review
        • R. Mayer, B. Ulrich
        Pages 173-182

  6. Effect of Acid Precipitation on Soils

    1. The Acidification of Soils

      • Byron W. Bache
      Pages 183-202

    2. Effect of Low pH on the Chemical Structure and Reactions of Humic Substances

      • Morris Schnitzer
      Pages 203-222

    3. Podzolization: Mechanism and Possible Effects of Acid Precipitation

      • Leif Petersen
      Pages 223-237
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About this book

This volume contains papers presented at a NATO Advanced Research Institute, sponsored by their Eco-Sciences Panel, on "The effects of acid precipitation on vegetation and soils," held at Toronto, Canada from May 22-26, 1978. The organizing expenses and greater part of the expenses of the speakers and chair~en were provided by N.A.T.O. The scientific programme was planned by T. C. Hutchinson together with an international planning committee of G. Abrahamsen (Norway), G. Likens (U.S.A.), F.E. Last (U.K.), C.O. Tamm (Sweden) and B. Ulrich (W. Germany). Many of the dimensions of the 'acid rain' problem are common to countries of northern Europe and North America. The developing awareness over the past ten years of the international nature of the acid rain phenomenon has lead to studies documenting damaging effects on susceptible freshwater bodies. Large areas of the Canadian Pre-Cambrian Shield, with its extension into the United States, and the granitic areas of southern Norwayand Sweden contain lakes which are in the process of acidification. The biological resources of these affected areas are of considerable national concern. However, while clearly damaging effects of acidification on freshwater systems have been well documented, the impact of acid precipitation on terrestrial systems has not been so well understood.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    T. C. Hutchinson, M. Havas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Effects of Acid Precipitation on Terrestrial Ecosystems

  • Editors: T. C. Hutchinson, M. Havas

  • Series Title: Nato Conference Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3033-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1980

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-40309-5Due: 01 January 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-3035-6Published: 03 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-3033-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 654

  • Topics: Ecology, Physics, general

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