Acidification of Freshwater Ecosystems - Implications for the Future

Informationen zum Autor C. E. W. Steinberg and R. F. Wright are the authors of Acidification of Freshwater Ecosystems: Implications for the Future, published by Wiley. Klappentext Eminent contributors present articles which evaluate the causes, consequences and reversibility of freshwater acidification--past, present and future. Zusammenfassung Explores how the emissions of acidifying gases in the atmosphere have caused the acidification of large freshwater areas in Europe and North America! and induced major changes in the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Partial table of contents: Acidic Emissions and Political Systems (T. Paces). The Relative Importance of Sulfur and Nitrogen Compounds in theAcidification of Freshwater (H. Van Miegroet). Lake Acidification and the Role of Paleolimnology (R. Battarbee& D. Charles). Role of Organic Acids in Acidification of Fresh Waters (H.Hemond). Effects of Acidification on Trace Metal Transport in Fresh Waters(J. Vesely). Biological Processes that Affect Water Chemistry (C. Kelly). The Biological Effects of Acid Episodes (S. Ormerod & A.Jenkins). Invertebrate Community Changes Caused by Reduced Acidification (G.Raddum & A. Fjellheim). Predicting Recovery of Freshwater Ecosystems: Trout in NorwegianLakes (B. Cosby, et al.). Indexes.

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• Authors: Steinberg, C. E. W. Wright Steinberg, Cew Steinberg, Daniel Steinberg, STEINBERG C E W WRIGHT R F, Wright
• Assisted by: C E W Steinberg (Editor), C. E. Steinberg (Editor), C. E. W. Steinberg (Editor), R F Wright (Editor), R. F. Wright (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.1994
• EAN: 9780471942061
• ISBN: 978-0-471-94206-1
• No. of pages: 420
• Series: Dahlem Workshop Reports; Dahlem Workshop Reports -- Environmental Sciences
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration