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Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants on Forests, Wetlands and Agricultural Ecosystems

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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  1. T. C. Hutchinson

    1. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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  2. K. M. Meema

    1. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries G: (ASIG, volume 16)

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Table of contents (47 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXVII
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  2. Geographical Overviews of Forest Decline

    1. Development and Causes of Novel Forest Decline in Germany

      • B. Prinz, G. H. M. Krause, K.-D. Jung
      Pages 1-24

    2. Results of Studies on Forest Decline in Northwest Germany

      • E. Matzner, B. Ulrich
      Pages 25-42

    3. Forest Damage in Switzerland, Austria, and Adjacent Parts of France and Italy in 1984

      • J. B. Bucher
      Pages 43-58

    4. Air Pollution and Forest Damage in Norway

      • B. Tveite
      Pages 59-67

    5. Forest Decline — The View from Britain

      • W. O. Binns, D. B. Redfern, K. Rennolls
      Pages 69-81

    6. Deterioration of Red Spruce in the Northern Appalachian Mountains

      • A. H. Johnson
      Pages 83-99

    7. Sugar Maple Decline in Ontario

      • D. L. McLaughlin, S. N. Linzon, D. E. Dimma, W. D. McIlveen
      Pages 101-116

  3. Responses of Plants to Acidic Deposition

    1. Deposition and Forest Canopy Interactions of Airborne Nitrate

      • S. E. Lindberg, G. M. Lovett, K-J. Meiwes
      Pages 117-130

    2. Responses of Herbaceous and Woody Plants to the Dry Deposition of SO2 and NO2

      • T. A. Mansfield, M. E. Whitmore, P. C. Pande, P. H. Freer-Smith
      Pages 131-144

    3. Plant Cuticle as a Barrier to Acid Rain Penetration

      • V. S. Berg
      Pages 145-154

    4. The Response of Plant Reproductive Processes to Acidic Rain and Other Air Pollutants

      • R. M. Cox
      Pages 155-170

    5. Consequences of Cloud Water Deposition on Vegetation at High Elevation

      • M. H. Unsworth, A. Crossley
      Pages 171-188

    6. Acid Deposition, Nurtrient Imbalance and Tree Decline: A Commentary

      • G. H. Tomlinson
      Pages 189-199
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T. C. Hutchinson The NATO Advanced Research Workshop detailed in this volume was held in Toronto, Canada, in 1985. The purpose of the Workshop was to provide a "state of the art" report on our knowledge of the sensitivities and responses of forests, wetlands and crops to airborne pollutants. Approximately 40 scientific experts from nine countries participated. Most participants were actively involved in research concerning the effects of air pollutants on natural or agro-ecosystems. These pollutants included acidic deposition, heavy metal particulates, sulphur dioxide, ozone, nitrogen oxides, acid fogs and mixtures of these. Also invited were experts on various types of ecosystem stresses, physiologi­ cal mechanisms pertinent to acid deposition, and other areas that were felt by the director to be of direct relevance, including: effects of ethylene on vegetation, the physiology of drought in trees, the nature and role of plant cuticles as barriers to acid rain penetration, the use of dendrochronological techniques in reconstructing the time of onset and the subsequent progression of growth declines, the ability of soils to naturally generate acidity, the role of Sphagnum moss in natural peat land acidity, the use of lichens as indicators of changing air quality, and the magnitude of natural emissions of reduced sulphur gases from tropical rainforests and temperate deciduous forests. The Workshop included a series of invited presentations and subsequent group discussions. These presentations were designed to allow syntheses of our present knowledge as well as detailed questioning and discussion.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    T. C. Hutchinson, K. M. Meema

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