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Title Acid rain in the Adirondacks : an environmental history / Jerry Jenkins ... [et al.].

Imprint Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press, 2007.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  363.7386 Ac47 2007    ---  Available
Description ix, 246 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-238) and index.
Contents Introduction and synopsis -- Primer and glossary -- Adirondacks research begins. The lake-watershed studies ; Reconstructing lake histories -- The big synoptic studies, 1984-1991. The Eastern Lake Survey, 1984-1986 ; The Adirondack Lakes Survey, 1984-1987 ; The Pirla Project -- The cycling of sulfur and nitrogen. Sulfur adsorption and sulfur cycling ; Nitrogen cycling and nitrogen balances ; Nitrogen peaks in lakes, meltwater, and streams ; Nitrogen saturation of watersheds -- The cycling and loss of calcium -- Wetlands, carbon, and mercury. The mercury problem and the mercury cycle -- Fish, acids, and aquatic ecology -- Monitoring and trends. Trends in emissions and deposition ; Trends in Adirondack lakes and streams ; Regional trends ; Watershed monitoring at Arbutus Lake -- Conclusions.
Subject Acid rain -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region.
Lakes -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region.
Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions.
Added Author Jenkins, Jerry (Jerry C.)
Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation.
Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)
United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation.
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
ISBN 0801474248 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801446511 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801446511 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801474248 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. IG# 9780801446511
AU@ 000041715800

 
    
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