The cycling of pollutants in nonurban forested environments

Vanguelova, Elena; Reynolds, Brian; Nisbet, Tom; Godbold, Douglas. 2011 The cycling of pollutants in nonurban forested environments. In: Levia, Delphis; Carlyle-Moses, Darryl; Tanaka, Tadashi, (eds.) Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry: Synthesis of Research and Future Directions. Springer, 679-710. (Ecological Studies, 216).

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Abstract/Summary

Forests are complex ecosystems which respond to external inputs of pollutants in a variety of ways. Quantifying changes in the storage of pollutants within ecosystem pools and the biogeochemical fluxes between them provides a means of calculating the overall pollutant balance of a forest ecosystem as an indicator of its sustainability and health. This chapter focuses on pollutant cycling in nonurban forest ecosystems with specific attention on quantification of external inputs, pollutant fluxes and pools within forests and exports to adjacent systems (Fig. 34.1). Selected case studies are used to exemplify the approach and illustrate the importance of location, forest type, management practices such as harvesting and soil conditions. Direct pollutant impacts on forest ecosystem functioning, the effects of intensified biomass utilization, and interactions between climate and pollutant cycling are also discussed

Item Type:	Publication - Book Section
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1007/978-94-007-1363-5_34
Programmes:	CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Biogeochemistry > BGC Topic 1 - Monitoring and Interpretation of Biogeochemical and Climate Changes > BGC - 1.1 - Monitor concentrations, fluxes, physico-chemical forms of current and emerging pollutants ...
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Emmett
ISBN:	9789400713628
NORA Subject Terms:	Agriculture and Soil Science Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	18 Jul 2011 14:48 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/10778

Item Type:

Publication - Book Section

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1007/978-94-007-1363-5_34

Programmes:

CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Biogeochemistry > BGC Topic 1 - Monitoring and Interpretation of Biogeochemical and Climate Changes > BGC - 1.1 - Monitor concentrations, fluxes, physico-chemical forms of current and emerging pollutants ...

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Emmett

ISBN:

9789400713628

NORA Subject Terms:

Agriculture and Soil Science
Ecology and Environment