Exchange of Trace Gases between Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Atmosphere (Dahlem Workshop Reports-(LS) Life Sciences)

Based on a Dahlem workshop held in Berlin, February 1989. Analyzes the biological and physicochemical regulation of trace gas exchange for modeling on local to global scales and evaluates the importance of trace gas exchange to ecology, climate and atmospheric chemistry. Explores the relationships between soil microbes, the plant canopy, the physical and chemical dynamics in the atmospheric boundary layer, which together control the direction and rate of trace gas exchange. Also provides an historical perspective on global and trace gas composition of the atmosphere.