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With a subject matter spanning the range from microbial metabolism and physiology to the physical and chemical dynamics of wet and dry deposition on plant surfaces, our selection of topics had to be an eclectic one, constrained as much by the range of individual expertise assembled as by the time available for discussion. A widely felt concern about the influence of methodological considerations on the validity of the results led us to consider in some detail the requirements of experimental design while not closing our eyes to the gifts of serendipity. When examining the scales of the biological processes interacting with the world atmosphere, we found it difficult to maintain traditional dualistic views: the concepts of oxic vs. anoxic environments, of microbiological vs. macrobiological processes turned into continua of physicochemical and biological scales with the respective end members having only a conceptual significance at best.
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Andreae, M.O. et al. (1982). Biogenic Contributions to Atmospheric Chemistry Group Report. In: Goldberg, E.D. (eds) Atmospheric Chemistry. Dahlem Workshop Reports Physical and Chemical Sciences Research Report, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68638-2_14
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