Advanced system demonstration for utilization of biomass as an energy source. Technical Appendix D: terrestrial ecosystems and forestry. Environmental report

The existing terrestrial ecosystems at the plant site and impacts on them are described. The following are discussed for the fuelwood harvest region: forest soils, forest types and ecological succession, nutrient cycles in the forest ecosystem, fauna of the ecosystem, forest practices in the harvest...

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Main Author: McCollom, M.
Language:unknown
Published: 2014
Subjects:
09 BIOMASS FUELS
14 SOLAR ENERGY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
WOOD-FUEL POWER PLANTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENDANGERED SPECIES
EROSION
HARVESTING
LEACHING
MAINE
NUTRIENTS
PINES
PRECIPITATION
PRODUCTIVITY
SOILS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
TREES
WOOD FUELS
CONIFERS
DISSOLUTION
ECOSYSTEMS
ENERGY SOURCES
FUELS
NORTH AMERICA
NORTH ATLANTIC REGION
PLANTS
POWER PLANTS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
USA
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6945412
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6945412
https://doi.org/10.2172/6945412
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Summary:The existing terrestrial ecosystems at the plant site and impacts on them are described. The following are discussed for the fuelwood harvest region: forest soils, forest types and ecological succession, nutrient cycles in the forest ecosystem, fauna of the ecosystem, forest practices in the harvest region, and long-term productivity of the forest resource. (MHR)

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