Air Pollution and Plant Life, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-0-471-49090-6
Hardcover
480 pages
May 2002
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This standard textbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date
overview of the direct and indirect impacts of air pollution on
plant life. Written by an international team of experts, the
book covers the main historical aspects and sources of
pollutants, atmospheric transport and transformations of
pollutants, and issues of global change and the use of science in
air pollution policy formulation.
* covers all the main phytotoxic pollutants with due consideration given to impacts at all levels of plant organisation from molecular to ecological.
* emphasises the effects of air pollutants in altering plant response to common stresses, both abiotic and biotic - fields in which considerable progress has been made since publication of the first edition.
* includes coverage of how research leads to pollution control policy development.
* covers all the main phytotoxic pollutants with due consideration given to impacts at all levels of plant organisation from molecular to ecological.
* emphasises the effects of air pollutants in altering plant response to common stresses, both abiotic and biotic - fields in which considerable progress has been made since publication of the first edition.
* includes coverage of how research leads to pollution control policy development.
Essential reading for students in Environmental Science, Biological Science and Agriculture, as well as environmental consultants and professionals involved in air quality research and the application of air quality guidelines and advice.