Title Arctic alpine ecosystems and people in a changing environment / Jon Boerre Oerbaek [and others], editors

Published Berlin : Springer, ©2007

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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 climatic change ecosystemen ecosystems stralingsbescherming radiation protection meteorologie meteorology klimatologie climatology aardwetenschappen earth sciences biogeowetenschappen biogeosciences milieumonitoring environmental monitoring Geology (General) 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 Print version record Subject Ecology -- Arctic regions -- Congresses Ecology -- Alps Region -- Congresses Human ecology -- Congresses Life sciences. Climatic changes. Environmental protection. biological sciences. meteorology. climate change. environmental protection. SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental) NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness. NATURE -- Ecology. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology. Ecology -- Arctic regions. Ecology -- Alps Region. Human ecology. Environnement. Sciences de la terre. Ecology Human ecology SUBJECT Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions -- Congresses Alps Region -- Environmental conditions -- Congresses Subject Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions. Alps Region -- Environmental conditions. Alps Region Arctic Regions Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Ørbæk, Jon Børre. LC no. 2006935137 ISBN 9783540485148 3540485147 6610745773 9786610745777

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