Atmosphere-biosphere interactions : toward a better understanding of the ecological consequences of fossil fuel combustion : a report / prepared by the Committee on the Atmosphere and the Biosphere, Board on Agriculture and Renewable Resources, Commission on Natural Resources, National Research Council.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and overview -- The fossil fuel scenario: the probability of a crisis in the biosphere -- This report -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Scientific understanding of atmosphere-biosphere interactions: a historical overview -- Human alterations of the atmosphere -- Energy and air pollution -- Biogenic emissions to the atmosphere -- Nitrogen -- Sulfur -- Trace metals -- Atmospheric emissions from burning of natural biomass -- Natural organic products -- Anthropogenic sources of atmospheric substances -- Patterns of fossil fuel use -- Atmospheric emissions from fossil fuel burning -- Atmospheric transport, transformation, and deposition processes -- Transport and diffusion -- Transformations -- Deposition -- Residence times for substances in the atmosphere -- Biological accumulation and effect of atmospheric contaminants -- Accumulation in terrestrial ecosystems -- Accumulation in aquatic ecosystems -- Accumulation in soils and aquatic sediments -- Transformation in soils and waters -- Transfer of substances from terrestrial to aquatic ecosystems -- Pollutants and individual organisms -- Studying the effects of atmospheric deposition of ecosystems -- Predicting anthropogenic effects on ecosystems -- Highly sensitive organisms as early indicators -- Common responses of ecosystems to stress -- Natural records of pollution -- Monitoring large-scale pollution -- Acid precipitation -- Causes of acid precipitation -- Effects of acid on the biosphere -- Assessment of ecological effects -- Amelioration.

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English.

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