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Air Pollutant Deposition and Its Effects on Natural Resources in New York State /

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 aci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sullivan, Timothy J. (Timothy Joseph), 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Background and purpose
  • 2. Resource sensitivity to atmospheric deposition
  • 3. Principal stressors
  • 4. Chemical effects of atmospheric deposition
  • 5. Biotic effects of atmospheric deposition
  • 6. Historical patterns of effects
  • 7. Extrapolation of site-specific data to the broader region
  • 8. Projected future responses of sensitive resources to reductions in acidic atmospheric deposition
  • 9. Critical load
  • 10. Climate linkages
  • 11. Linkages with ecosystem services
  • 12. Active intervention
  • 13. Summary and important data gaps and recommendations.