Air Pollution and Plant LifeJ. N. B. Bell, M. Treshow This standard textbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the direct and indirect impacts of air pollution on plant life. Written by an international team of experts, the book covers the main historical aspects and sources of pollutants, atmospheric transport and transformations of pollutants, and issues of global change and the use of science in air pollution policy formulation. * covers all the main phytotoxic pollutants with due consideration given to impacts at all levels of plant organisation from molecular to ecological. * emphasises the effects of air pollutants in altering plant response to common stresses, both abiotic and biotic - fields in which considerable progress has been made since publication of the first edition. * includes coverage of how research leads to pollution control policy development. Essential reading for students in Environmental Science, Biological Science and Agriculture, as well as environmental consultants and professionals involved in air quality research and the application of air quality guidelines and advice. |
Contents
Emissions dispersion and atmospheric transformation | 23 |
Pollutant deposition and uptake by vegetation | 43 |
Effects of oxidants at the biochemical cell | 69 |
Effects of oxidants at the whole plant and community level | 89 |
old problems and new challenges | 119 |
Effects of sulphur dioxide | 135 |
Effects of fluorides | 163 |
Effects of particulates | 187 |
an assessment | 273 |
Effects of acidic deposition on aquatic ecosystems | 295 |
Effects on bryophytes and lichens | 309 |
Modification of plant response by environmental conditions | 343 |
Air pollutantabiotic stress interactions | 359 |
Effects of air pollutants on biotic stress | 379 |
Effects of air pollutants in developing countries | 407 |
Air pollution and climate change | 431 |
Effects of increased nitrogen deposition | 201 |
Effects of wet deposited acidity | 237 |
Effects of pollutant mixtures | 251 |
Conclusions and future directions | 455 |
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