Published 1994 | Version v1
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Danger to ecosystems and water quality. Results of interdisciplinary research in the Harz

Creators

  • 1. Heidelberg Univ. (Germany). Inst. fuer Sedimentforschung
  • 2. Goettingen Univ. (Germany). Geochemisches Inst.
  • 3. Goettingen Univ. (Germany). Inst. fuer Geologie und Dynamik der Lithosphaere
  • 4. Goettingen Univ. (Germany). Inst. fuer Bodenkunde und Waldernaehrung

Description

This volume summarizes the results of the Harz Case Study and several precursor studies. In this interdisciplinary project there was a cooperation between scientists from the fields of pedology, botany, forestry, geochemistry, geology, hydrogeology, landscape ecology, limnology, and zoology. The project was successful in clarifying numerous processes involved in soil and water acidification as well as gaining retrospective insights into reactions to the gradual acidification and working out predictions for the coming decades. At the end there is a discussion of possible ways of slowing down the rate of forest decline and acidification. (orig.)

Abstract (German)

Dieser Band fasst die Ergebnisse der Fallstudie Harz und mehrerer Vorlaeuferstudien zusammen. Das interdisziplinaere Projekt verband Wissenschaftler aus den Fachgebieten Bodenkunde, Botanik, Forstwirtschaft, Geochemie, Geologie, Hydrogeologie, Landschaftsoekologie, Limnologie und Zoologie. Es gelang, zahlreiche Prozesse der Boden- und Gewaesserversauerung aufzuklaeren, sowie die Reaktionen auf die Versauerungsentwicklung sowohl in der Rueckschau, als auch prognostisch fuer die kommenden Jahrzehnte zu bearbeiten. Schliesslich werden Moeglichkeiten diskutiert, wie die Waldschadens- und die Versauerungsentwicklung gebremst werden koennen. (orig.)

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (German)
Gefahr fuer Oekosysteme und Wasserqualitaet. Ergebnisse interdisziplinaerer Forschung im Harz

Publishing Information

Publisher
Springer.
Imprint Place
Berlin (Germany)
ISBN
3-540-57542-1
Imprint Pagination
492 p.

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
26049904
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINIUM; ANNUAL VARIATIONS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BUILDUP; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; FORESTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METALS; MOUNTAINS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUTRIENTS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; WATER POLLUTION
Descriptors DEC
CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMISTRY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; EUROPE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; VARIATIONS; WESTERN EUROPE