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Urban air pollution and forests : resources at risk in the Mexico City Air Basin

Title
Urban air pollution and forests : resources at risk in the Mexico City Air Basin / editors, Mark E. Fenn, María de Lourdes de la Isla de Bauer, Tomás Hernández-Tejeda.
Publication
New York : Springer, 2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Fenn, Mark E.
  • Bauer, Ma. de Lourdes de la I. de.
  • Hernández-Tejeda, Tomás.
Description
xxi, 387 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Ecological studies ; v. 156
Uniform Title
Ecological studies ; v. 156.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Foreword / Mario J. Molina -- Sect. 1. Past and Present Environmental and Sociological Factors Affecting Forests in the Mexico City Air Basin. 1. Historical Summary of the Geology, Climate, Hydrology, Culture, and Natural Resource Utilization in the Basin of Mexico / Guadalupe de la Lanza Espino and Jose Luis Garcia-Calderon. 2. Socioeconomic Change and Its Impact on Forest Resources in the Basin of Mexico / Exequiel Ezcurra, Marisa Mazari-Hiriart and Irene Pisanty / [et al.]. 3. Physical Geography, Hydrogeology, and Forest Soils of the Basin of Mexico / Luis E. Marin, Oscar Escolero-Fuentes and Antonio Trinidad-Santos. 4. Forests in the Basin of Mexico: Types, Geographic Distribution, and Condition / Carlos Rodriguez-Franco. 5. The Climate of the Mexico City Air Basin: Its Effects on the Formation and Transport of Pollutants / Ernesto Jauregui -- Sect. 2. Air Pollution in the Mexico City Air Basin.
  • 6. Air Pollution Levels and Trends in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area / Humberto Bravo-Alvarez and Ricardo Torres-Jardon. 7. Emissions Trends and Pollution Control Strategies in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area / M. Esther Ruiz and Jorge Gasca. 8. Heavy Metals in Forest Soils, Vegetation, and Drainage Waters in the Basin of Mexico / Mark E. Fenn, Juana Maria Castro-Servin and Tomas Hernandez-Tejeda / [et al.] -- Sect. 3. Ecological Effects of Air Pollutants in the Mexico City Air Basin: Case Studies. 9. Oxidant Exposure and Effects on Pines in Forests in the Mexico City and Los Angeles, California, Air Basins / Paul R. Miller, L. I. de Bauer and Tomas Hernandez-Tejeda. 10. Decline of Sacred Fir in the Desierto de los Leones National Park / Dionicio Alvarado-Rosales and Tomas Hernandez-Tejeda. 11. Histological Symptoms of Air Pollution Injury in Foliage, Bark, and Xylem and Abies religiosa in the Basin of Mexico / Teresa Terrazas and Sergio Bernal-Salazar.
  • 12. Lichens and Air Pollution in the Forests Surrounding Mexico City / Angel Zambrano, T. H. Nash III and M. A. Herrera-Campos. 13. Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition in the Mexico City Air Basin: Impacts on Forest Nutrient Status and Nitrate Levels in Drainage Waters / Mark E. Fenn, L. I. de Bauer and Karl Zeller / [et al.]. 14. Effects of Oxidants in Ambient Air on Annual Crops in the Basin of Mexico / Carlos Fredy Ortiz-Garcia, Hector D. Laguette-Rey and L. I. de Bauer -- Sect. 4. Summary, Synthesis, and Perspectives. 15. Summary of Air Pollution Impacts on Forests in the Mexico City Air Basin / Mark E. Fenn, L. I. de Bauer and Tomas Hernandez-Tejeda. 16. Resources at Risk and Research Needs / L. I. de Bauer, Tomas Hernandez-Tejeda and Mark E. Fenn.
ISBN
038795337X (alk. paper)
LCCN
2001042989
OCLC
  • 47243956
  • ocm47243956
  • SCSB-4287180
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries