INDEX 



Fertility 



human populations, 377, 378 



high altitudes, 383 

 soil, 40, 45 



tropics, 295, 296, 297 

 Fertilization of forest areas, 208, 209 

 Fertilizers 



chemical, 278 



human and farm sewage, 251 

 pollution effects, 323 

 runoff affecting water quality 

 Great Lakes, 265, 268 

 rivers, Fig. VIII-15 

 FIDO, see Fog Investigation and Disposal 



Operation 

 Finches, 302 

 Finger Lakes, N. Y„ 262 

 Finley, J. P., 138 

 Fire 



forest areas 



effects, 207, Fig. VII-5, 212, 213 

 fire ecology, 306-312 

 Isle Royale, 304 



lightning-caused, 157, 158, 160, 161 

 slash burning, 208 

 incineration 



of wastes, Fig. X-2 

 spread of pollutants, Fig. X-16 

 Fish products, 239, 241 

 Fisher, R. A., 374 

 Fisheries 



aquaculture, 250-253 



climatic changes and, 57, 58, 79, 82 



ocean data collecting, 87 

 distribution throughout world, Fig. VIII— 7 

 food sources, 217 



world ocean, 236-247 

 lakes, 228, 254, 273 

 Great Lakes, 261-267 

 Lake Michigan, Fig. VIII-14 

 leisure activity, 293 

 management models, 234 

 ocean floor sediments and, 362 

 Puget Sound, 248-250 

 purse seine, Fig. VIII-9 

 species selection for aquaculture, 250 

 water flow to the oceans, 200 

 Fishes 



adaptation to cold water, 232 

 effects of water pollution, 356, 359 

 in Great Lakes, 227 

 water quality required, 205, 206 

 see also names of specific species 

 Fletcher, C. M., 390 

 Floods 



effect on water quality, 212 

 rain-caused, 128 

 tropical areas, 184, 296 

 Florida 



agriculture, 252, 253 



air-sea system, 79 



climatic change, Fig. II— 7, 57 



data measurement, 68 



ecosystems, 307 



environmental contamination, 191, 194 



severe storms, 135, 147, 189 



weather modification, 166, 171 



Florida Power and Light Company, 252 

 Florida Straits, 79 

 Flounder, 253 

 Fluid dynamics 



atmospheric circulation, 56 

 earth core studies, 22 

 lakes, 256 

 Fluid-flow instability in upper air: 



models, 106 

 Fluorescence quenching, 331 

 Fluorides, 320, 322 

 Fluorometer, 256 

 Flushing rates of lakes, 266 

 Fly-ash: pollution by, 358 

 Fog, 180-183 



industry-induced, 337 

 urban-induced, 113, 114, 117 

 Fog Investigation and Disposal Operation 



(FIDO), 181 

 Food and Agriculture Organization, 299 

 Food chain, Fig. VIII-1, 234, 285, 286, 

 Fig. IX-6, 289, 301 

 Antarctic, Fig. VIII-6 

 aquaculture, Fig. VIII-11 

 in Puget Sound, 248, 250 

 in sea, 236, 244 



pollution from DDT, Fig. X-14, 359 

 pollution from petroleum compounds, 363 

 pollution from toxic metals, 322, 323 

 Food pyramid, see Food chain 

 Food supply, World 

 contaminants, 322 



protection from, 217 

 losses to, 339 



diseases of plants, 341 

 production 

 fish, 228 



potentials and problems, 215-218 

 world oceans, 233, 236, 237 

 projection, Fig. X-5 

 small number of crops and livestock, 



217-218 

 sources 



forested areas, 302 

 tropical areas, 298 

 Food web, see Food chain 

 Foraminifera, Planktonic, 53 

 Forest ecosystems, 292-301 

 animal ecology, 302-305 

 polluted precipitation and, 119 

 regeneration, 293, 297, 310 

 see also Fire 

 Forest Laboratory, U.S., Missoula, Mont.; 



Riverside, Cal., 306 

 Forest management, Fig. VII-4, 205-212 

 land ownership, Fig. VII-4, 293 

 reforestation, 296 

 water quality and, 212-214 

 Puget Sound, 248 

 Forest Service, U.S. 

 fire ecology, 306 

 forest lands, 205 

 lightning research, 160 

 monitored ecosystems, 283 

 watershed research, 294 

 Forests 



coniferous, 292, 308, 310, 337 

 deciduous, 295 



comparison with rain forests, 299-301 

 serai stages, Fig. IX-1 

 fog benefits, 180 

 timber production, 292 

 tropical regions, 296, 297 

 fire and, 306, 307 

 trophic dynamics, 226 

 tropical, 292, 295-298 



compared with temperate forests, 



298-301 

 oxygen and, 34 



rain forests, 295, 299-301, Fig. XI-3 

 Fort Tejon, Cal., 38 

 Fort Wayne, Ind., 114 

 Fossils 



fuels, 68, 71 

 lake sediment, 344 

 mammals, 73-74 

 Founder effect, see Genetic drift 

 Fox, 304 



France, 153, 154, 181, 183 

 Freeman, A. R„ 388 



Freezing, Shock-induced: cloud seeding, 153 

 Freon 



fog-seeding nucleant, 180 

 air pollution, 357 

 Frequency management in radio 



communication, 14, 17 

 Fronts, Weather 

 turbulence, 105 

 urbanization and, 113 

 Fuels 



toxic effects, 357-358, 360 

 see also Oil/Petroleum 

 Fuginaga, Motosako, 251 

 Fujita, T. T., 130, 145 

 Fumaroles, 43 

 Fungi 



airborne, 340, 343, 345, 346 

 crop diseases, 341, Fig. X-8 

 fire and pine fungi, 306 

 in forest ecosystem, 292 



G-6-PD deficiency, 365 

 Gaivoronskii, I. I., 151, 152 

 Game animals 



disease resistance, 217 



forests, 293, 302-303, 305 

 Gamma globulin in tropical populations, 378 

 Gamma rays, 33 

 Gannon, John E., 227 

 GARP, see Global Atmospheric Research 



Program 

 Gary, Ind., 119 

 Gas chromatography, 331 

 Gases, 67, 329, 337 



air pollution, 339, 340, 357 



in clean, dry air, Fig. X-l 



volcanoes, 40, 41, 43 

 Gasoline, see Oil/petroleum 

 Gauging stations of U.S. Geological 



Survey, 197 

 Gaussian plume, 335, 336 

 Geiss, Johannes, 54 

 Genecology, 344 



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