Arctic Alpine Ecosystems and People in a Changing Environment
This book addresses the significant environmental changes experienced by high latitude and high altitude ecosystems at the beginning of the 21st c- tury. Increased temperatures and precipitation, reduction in sea ice and glacier ice, the increased levels of UV-radiation and the long-range tra- porte...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2007, 2007
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Arctic-Alpine Ecosystems and People in a Changing Environment — Introduction
- Integrated aspects of environmental change: Climate change, UV radiation and long range transport of pollutants
- An environment at risk: Arctic indigenous peoples, local livelihoods and climate change
- Climate change and ecosystem response
- Climate variation in the European sector of the Arctic: Observations and scenarios
- Impact of climate change on arctic and alpine lakes: Effects on phenology and community dynamics
- Changes in growing season in Fennoscandia 1982–1999
- Northern climates and woody plant distribution
- Topographic complexity and terrestrial biotic response to high-latitude climate change: Variance is as important as the mean
- The flow of Atlantic water to the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean
- Climate variability and possible effects on arctic food chains: The role of Calanus
- Adjustment to reality: Social responses to climate changes in Greenland
- UV radiation and biological effects
- Factors, trends and scenarios of UV radiation in arctic-alpine environments
- Effects of enhanced UV-B radiation and epidermal UV screening in arctic and alpine plants
- Effects of UV radiation in arctic and alpine freshwater ecosystems
- Climate control of biological UV exposure in polar and alpine aquatic ecosystems
- Effects of UV radiation on seaweeds
- Climate and ozone change effects on UV-radiation and health risks
- Long range pollutants transport and ecological impacts
- Contaminants, global change and cold regions
- Modeling of long-range transport of contaminants from potential sources in the Arctic Ocean by water and sea ice
- Long-term atmospheric contaminant monitoring for the elucidation of airborne transport processes into polar regions
- Levels and effects ofpersistent organic pollutants in arctic animals
- Arctic health problems and environmental challenges in Greenland