Air Pollution and Plant Life

Air pollution affects every living organism, including all kinds of vegetation on which we depend for survival. The second edition of this standard reference 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 also 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.

• covering all the main phytotoxic pollutants with due consideration given to impacts at all levels of plant organisation from molecular to ecological.
• emphasising 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.
• and including coverage of how research leads to pollution control policy development.

Air Pollution and Plant Life Second Edition is 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.

Contents

• Introduction
• Historical Perspectives
• Emissions, Dispersion and Atmospheric Transformation
• Deposition and Uptake by Vegetation
• Effects of Oxidants at the Biochemical, Cell and Physiological Levels with Particular Reference to Ozone
• Effects of Oxidants at the Whole Plant and Community Level
• Nitrogen Oxides: Old Problems and New Challenges
• Effects of Sulphur Dioxide
• Effects of Fluorides
• Effects of Volatile Organic Compounds
• Effects of Particulates
• Effects of Increased Nitrogen Deposition
• Effects of Wet Deposited Acidity
• Effects of Pollutant mixtures
• Forest Decline and Air Pollution: An Assessment of "Forest Health" in the Forests of Europe, the Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada
• Effects of Acidic Deposition on Aquatic Ecosystems
• Effects on Bryophytes and Lichens
• Modifications of Plant Response by Environmental Conditions
• Air Pollutant - Abiotic Stress Interactions
• Effects of Air Pollutants on Biotic Stresses
• Effects of Air Pollutants in Developing Countries
• Air Quality Guidelines and their Role in Pollution Control Policy
• Air Pollution and Climate Change
• Future Research Priorities and Directions