Published 1992 | Version v1
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Western forests and air pollution

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The book addresses the relationships between air pollution in the western United States and trends in the growth and condition of Western coniferous forests. The major atmospheric pollutants to which forest in the region are exposed are sulfur and nitrogen compounds and ozone. The potential effects of atmospheric pollution on these forests include foliar injury, alteration of growth rates and patterns, soil acidification, shifts in species composition, and modification of the effects of natural stresses

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; NTIS Prices: PC A22/MF A04; INIS.

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Imprint Pagination
512 p.
Report number
PB--92-198209/XAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
24010425
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S01: COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT;
Descriptors DEI
ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BIOLOGICAL STRESS; CALIFORNIA; CONIFERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; FORESTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PLANT GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY; SENSITIVITY; SOILS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WASHINGTON
Descriptors DEC
CHALCOGENIDES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; GROWTH; MASS TRANSFER; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NORTH AMERICA; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PINOPHYTA; PLANTS; POLLUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR OXIDES; USA

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Notes
See also PB92-143833 and PB90-131111. Prepared in cooperation with ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc., Corvallis, OR., and Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins. Dept. of Forest and Wood Sciences.
Secondary number(s)
EPA--600/A-92/140.