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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 / Mark E. Fenn, L.I. de Bauer, Tomás Hernández-Tejeda editors.
- Publication
- New York : Springer, ©2002.
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- Description
- xxi, 387 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Series Statement
- Ecological studies, 0070-8356 ; v. 156
- Uniform Title
- Ecological studies ; v. 156.
- Subject
- Trees > Effect of air pollution on > Mexico > Mexico City Metropolitan Area
- Forest ecology > Mexico > Mexico City Metropolitan Area
- Air > Pollution > Mexico > Mexico City Metropolitan Area
- Air > Pollution
- Forest ecology
- Trees > Effect of air pollution on
- Luftverschmutzung
- Waldökosystem
- Waldschaden
- Mexico > Mexico City Metropolitan Area
- Valle de México
- Mexiko Stadt > Region
- Mexiko Stadt
- 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 / [and others] -- 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 / [and others] -- 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 / [and others] -- 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
- 9780387953373
- LCCN
- 2001042989
- OCLC
- ocm47243956
- 47243956
- SCSB-9464390
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library