Acidification of Freshwater Ecosystems
Implications for the Future

C. E. W. Steinberg (Edited by), CEW Steinberg (Author), R. F. Wright (Edited by)

9780471942061, Wiley

Hardback, published 1 February 1994

413 pages
23.6 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.765 kg

Eminent contributors present articles which evaluate the causes, consequences and reversibility of freshwater acidification--past, present and future.

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.

Subject Areas: Biology, life sciences [PS]