Acid Deposition

Committee on Monitoring and Assessment of Trends in Acid Deposition, Environmental Studies Board, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 1. Summary and Synthesis; 3 2. Emissions of Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides and Trends for Eastern North America; 4 3. Uncertainties in Trends in Acid Deposition: The Role of Climatic Fluctuations; 5 4. Patterns and Trends in Data for Atmospheric Sulfates and Visibility; 6 5. Precipitation Chemistry; 7 6. The Nature and Timing of the Deterioration of Red Spruce in the Northern Appalachian Mountains; 8 7. Streams and Lakes; 9 8. Fish Population Trends in Response to Surface Water Acidification; 10 9. Paleolimnological Evidence of Trends in Atmospheric Deposition of Acids and Metals; 11 Appendix A: Method for Sampling and Analysis of Red Spuce Data; 12 Appendix B: Input Sulfate Fluxes to Lakes from Wet-Only Deposition and Output Sulfate Fluxes; 13 Appendix C: Characteristics of Bench-Mark Streams; 14 Appendix D: Historical Correction Factors for Alkalinity and Acid Status of Surface Waters; 15 Appendix E: Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Some Lakes in North America for Which Sediment-Diatom Data Exist