Acid Deposition:

Long-Term Trends

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Publication Year:1986

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Committee on Monitoring and Assessment of Trends in Acid Deposition, Environmental Studies Board, National Research Council
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How damaging is acid rain? Current opinions differ widely, in part because for every proposed link between acid rain and adverse environmental effects an alternative explanation based on other phenomena can be or has been proposed, and in many cases ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
1. Summary and Synthesis	1-47	(skim)
2. Emissions of Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides and Trends for Eastern North America	48-92	(skim)
3. Uncertainties in Trends in Acid Deposition: The Role of Climatic Fluctuations	93-108	(skim)
4. Patterns and Trends in Data for Atmospheric Sulfates and Visibility	109-127	(skim)
5. Precipitation Chemistry	128-199	(skim)
6. The Nature and Timing of the Deterioration of Red Spruce in the Northern Appalachian Mountains	200-230	(skim)
7. Streams and Lakes	231-299	(skim)
8. Fish Population Trends in Response to Surface Water Acidification	300-334	(skim)
9. Paleolimnological Evidence of Trends in Atmospheric Deposition of Acids and Metals	335-434	(skim)
Appendix A: Method for Sampling and Analysis of Red Spuce Data	435-440	(skim)
Appendix B: Input Sulfate Fluxes to Lakes from Wet-Only Deposition and Output Sulfate Fluxes	441-444	(skim)
Appendix C: Characteristics of Bench-Mark Streams	445-470	(skim)
Appendix D: Historical Correction Factors for Alkalinity and Acid Status of Surface Waters	471-481	(skim)
Appendix E: Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Some Lakes in North America for Which Sediment-Diatom Data Exist	482-506	(skim)

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How damaging is acid rain? Current opinions differ widely, in part because for every proposed link between acid rain and adverse environmental effects an alternative explanation based on other phenomena can be or has been proposed, and in many cases cannot be readily dismissed. The specific areas addressed in this volume include the emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides, precipitation chemistry, atmospheric sulfates and visibility, surface water chemistry, sediment chemistry and abundance of diatom taxa, fish populations, and forest productivity. The book then draws conclusions about the acid deposition-phenomenon relationship, identifying phenomena which are directly acid deposition-caused and suggesting others apparently caused by human activities unrelated to acid deposition.

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Long-Term Trends

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