Effects of air pollution on ecosystems and biological diversity in the eastern United States

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1162, Issue , 2009, Pages 99-135

  Lovett, Gary M ^a   Tear, Timothy H ^b   Evers, David C ^c   Findlay, Stuart E G ^a   Cosby, B Jack ^d   Dunscomb, Judy K ^b   Driscoll, Charles T ^e   Weathers, Kathleen C ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Eastern United States; Forest; Lake; Mercury; Nitrogen; Ozone; Stream; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALUMINUM; MERCURY; NITROGEN; OZONE; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER; FRESH WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALPINE TUNDRA; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; FREEZING; GRASSLAND; LAKE; LAND BIOME; LAND USE; LETHALITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; PEATLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SPECIES INVASION; THREAT; UNITED STATES; GEOGRAPHY; TREE;

ANIMALIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; TREES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149091195     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04153.x     Document Type: Review

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