Author: Gregory B. LawrencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acid rain
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Soil-calcium Depletion Linked to Acid Rain and Forest Growth in the Eastern United States
Author: Gregory B. LawrencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acid rain
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
The Fernow Watershed Acidification Study
Author: Mary Beth AdamsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 1402046146
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Fernow Watershed Acidification Study is a long-term, paired watershed acidification study. This book describes the responses to chronic N and S amendments by deciduous hardwood forests, one of the few studies to focus on hardwood forest ecosystems. Intensive monitoring of soil solution and stream chemistry, along with measurements of soil chemistry, and vegetation growth and chemistry, provide insights into the acidification process in forested watersheds.
Atmospheric Deposition Program of the U.S. Geological Survey
Author: Mark A. NillesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental monitoring
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Essentials of Ecology and Environmental Science
Author: S. V. S. RanaPublisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 8120338944
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309121086
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Of all the outputs of forests, water may be the most important. Streamflow from forests provides two-thirds of the nation's clean water supply. Removing forest cover accelerates the rate that precipitation becomes streamflow; therefore, in some areas, cutting trees causes a temporary increase in the volume of water flowing downstream. This effect has spurred political pressure to cut trees to increase water supply, especially in western states where population is rising. However, cutting trees for water gains is not sustainable: increases in flow rate and volume are typically short-lived, and the practice can ultimately degrade water quality and increase vulnerability to flooding. Forest hydrology, the study of how water flows through forests, can help illuminate the connections between forests and water, but it must advance if it is to deal with today's complexities, including climate change, wildfires, and changing patterns of development and ownership. This book identifies actions that scientists, forest and water managers, and citizens can take to help sustain water resources from forests.
Air Pollutant Deposition and Its Effects on Natural Resources in New York State
Author: Timothy J. SullivanPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501702165
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Ecosystem effects from air pollution in the Adirondacks, Catskills, and elsewhere in New York have been substantial. Efforts to characterize and quantify these impacts, and to examine more recent recovery, have focused largely on surface waters, soils, and forests. Lakes, streams, and soils have acidified. Estuaries have become more eutrophic. Nutrient cycles have been disrupted. Mercury has bioaccumulated to toxic levels. Plant species composition has changed. Some surface waters show signs of partial chemical recovery in response to emissions control programs, but available data suggest that soil chemistry may continue to deteriorate under expected future emissions and deposition. Resource managers, policymakers, and scientists now need to know the extent to which current and projected future emissions reductions will lead to ecosystem recovery.In this book, Timothy J. Sullivan provides a comprehensive synthesis of past, current, and potential future conditions regarding atmospheric sulfur, nitrogen oxides, ammonium, and mercury deposition; surface water chemistry; soil chemistry; forests; and aquatic biota in New York, providing much needed information to help set emissions reduction goals, evaluate incremental improvements, conduct cost/benefit analyses, and prioritize research needs. He draws upon a wealth of research conducted over the past thirty years that has categorized, quantified, and advanced understanding of ecosystem processes related to atmospheric deposition of strong acids, nutrients, and mercury and associated ecosystem effects. An important component of this volume is the new interest in the management and mitigation of ecosystem damage from air pollution stress, which builds on the "critical loads" approach pioneered in Europe and now gaining interest in the United States.This book will inform scientists, resource managers, and policy analysts regarding the state of scientific knowledge on these complex topics and their policy relevance and will help to guide public policy assessment work in New York, the Northeast, and nationally.
Acid rain and transported air pollutants : implications for public policy.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428923578
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Monongahela National Forest (N.F.), Lower Williams Vegetation
Author: Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description