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  • Acid Rain: Its Causes and Its Effects on Inland Waters

    Acid Rain by Mason, B. J.;

    Its Causes and Its Effects on Inland Waters

    Series: Science, Technology, and Society Series; 8;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Clarendon Press
    • Date of Publication 15 October 1992

    • ISBN 9780198583448
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages136 pages
    • Size 240x162x14 mm
    • Weight 380 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 10 colour maps, 1 halftone, line illustrations, tables
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    Short description:

    The causes and consequences of acid rain are subjects of considerable concern, controversy, and confusion. The effects of acid deposition on the chemistry of lakes and streams, and on the survival of fish and other aquatic life, have been greatly clarified by the results of the recent Anglo-Scandinavian research programme. A concise, non-specialist account of the results, their interpretation, and implication is here presented by the Director of the programme.

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    Long description:

    The causes and consequences of acid rain are subjects of considerable concern, controversy, and confusion. The effects of acid deposition on the chemistry of lakes and streams, and on the survival of fish and other aquatic life, have been greatly clarified by the results of the recent Anglo-Scandinavian research programme. A concise, non-specialist account of the results, their interpretation, and implication is here presented by the Director of the programme.

    The book includes chapters on emissions, transport, and deposition of acid pollution; hydrochemical studies in catchments; catchment process studies; catchment manipulation experiments; the role of hydrology and soil chemistry; palaeolimnological studies; the toxic effects of acidification on fish and other aquatic life; and catchment modelling studies.

    The highly interdisciplinary nature of the research will appeal to a wide range of scientists and to policy-makers interested in acid rain and its consequences. It will also be useful for postgraduates and third-year first degree students in the environmental sciences.

    'The advantage of a single author attacking such a diverse range of topics is stylistic consistency and brevity ... an attractively presented and very readable account of a complex topic ... the book will serve as a very reasonably priced introduction to surface water acidification in Europe.'
    Malcolm Cresser, University of Aberdeen

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    Table of Contents:

    The search for answers to key questions
    The emission, transport, and chemical transformation of acid pollutants in the atmosphere
    Acid deposition in the UK and Europe
    The role of hydrology in determining the chemistry of surface waters
    The role of soils in the acidification of surface waters
    Comparative catchment studies
    The history of lake acidification as reconstructed from palaeolimnological evidence
    The effects of acidification on fish and other aquatic life
    Models of surface waters acidification
    Manipulation experiments on catchments
    Appendix: Conclusions of the surface waters acidifications programme
    Index

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