Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 433 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
Contents |
Integrated aspects of environmental change : climate change, UV radiation and long range transport of pollutants / J.B. Orbaek [and others] -- An environment at risk : Arctic indigenous peoples, local livelihoods and climate change / Mark Nuttall -- Climate variation in the European sector of the Arctic : observations and scenarios / Inger Hanssen-Bauer -- Impact of climate change on arctic and alpine lakes : effects on phenology and community dynamics / R. Primicerio [and others] -- Changes in growing season in Fennoscandia 1982-1999 / Kjell Arild Høgda, Stein Rune Karlsen, and Hans Tømmervik -- Northern climates and woody plant distribution / R.M.M. Crawford and C.E. Jeffree -- Topographic complexity and terrestrial biotic response to highlatitude climate change : variance is as important as the mean / W. Scott Armbruster, David A. Rae, and Mary E. Edwards -- The flow of Atlantic water to the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean / Tore Furevik, Cecilie Mauritzen, and Randi Ingvaldsen / Climate variability and possible effects on arctic food chains : the role of Calanus / Stig Falk-Petersen [and others] -- Adjustment to reality : social responses to climate changes in Greenland / Rasmus Ole Rasmussen -- Factors, trends and scenarios of UV radiation in arctic-alpine environments / Mario Blumthaler -- Effects of enhanced UV-B radiation and epidermal UV screening in arctic and alpine plants / Line Nybakken and Wolfgang Bilger -- Effects of UV radiation in arctic and alpine freshwater ecosystems / Dag O. Hessen -- Climate control of biological UV exposure in polar and alpine aquatic ecosystems / Warwick F Vincent, Milla Rautio and Reinhard Pienitz -- Effects of UV radiation on seaweeds / Dieter Hanelt, C. Wiencke and K. Bischof -- Climate and ozone change effects on UV radiation and health risks / Harry Slaper, Peter den Outer and Gert Kelfkens -- Contaminants, global change and cold regions / R.W. Macdonald -- Modelling of long-range transport of contaminants from potential sources in the Arctic Ocean by water and sea ice / Vladimir Pavlov -- Long-term atmospheric contaminant monitoring for the elucidation of airborne transport processes into polar regions / Roland Kallenborn and Torunn Berg -- Levels and effects of persistent organic pollutants in arctic animals / Geir Wing Gabrielsen -- Arctic health problems and environmental challenges in Greenland / Gert Mulvad, Henning Sloth Petersen and Jørn Olsen |
Summary |
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- ported contaminants in arctic and alpine regions are stress factors that challenge terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The large natural variation in the physical parameters of these extreme environments is a key factor in structuring the biodiversity and biotic productivity, and the effect of the new stress factors can be critical for the population structures and the - teraction between species. These changes may also have socio-economic effects if the changes affect the bio-production, which form the basis for the marine and terrestrial food chains. The book is uniquely multidisciplinary and provides examples of va- ous aspects of contemporary environmental change in arctic and alpine - gions. The 21 chapters of the book are organised under the fields of -Climate change and ecosystem response, -Long range transport of poll- ants and ecological impacts, and -UV radiation and biological effects, each also including aspects of the -Socio-economic effects of environmental change. The introductory chapter presents and explains the internal c- nection and integration of all chapters. The added value of these reviews and review-like manuscripts from different disciplines hopefully yields new information about the integrated aspects of environmental change |
Analysis |
klimaatverandering |
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climatic change |
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ecosystemen |
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ecosystems |
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stralingsbescherming |
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radiation protection |
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meteorologie |
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meteorology |
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klimatologie |
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climatology |
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aardwetenschappen |
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earth sciences |
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biogeowetenschappen |
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biogeosciences |
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milieumonitoring |
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environmental monitoring |
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Geology (General) |
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Geologie (algemeen) |
Notes |
Based on papers presented at the International Conference on "Arctic Alpine Ecosystems and People in a Changing Environment" held Feb. 2003 in Tromsø, Norway |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Ecology -- Arctic regions -- Congresses
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Ecology -- Alps Region -- Congresses
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Human ecology -- Congresses
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Life sciences.
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Climatic changes.
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Environmental protection.
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biological sciences.
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meteorology.
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climate change.
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environmental protection.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Ecology -- Arctic regions.
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Ecology -- Alps Region.
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Human ecology.
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Environnement.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Ecology
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Human ecology
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SUBJECT |
Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions -- Congresses
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Alps Region -- Environmental conditions -- Congresses
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Subject |
Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions.
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Alps Region -- Environmental conditions.
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Alps Region
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Arctic Regions
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Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Ørbæk, Jon Børre.
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LC no. |
2006935137 |
ISBN |
9783540485148 |
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3540485147 |
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6610745773 |
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9786610745777 |
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