A national ozone biomonitoring program--results from field surveys of ozone sensitive plants in northeastern forests (1994-2000) |
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Authors: | Smith Gretchen Coulston John Jepsen Edward Prichard Teague |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.;(2) Department of Forestry, NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A;(3) WI Department of Natural Resources, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A |
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Abstract: | Ozone biomonitoring is a detection and monitoring techniquethat involves documenting ozone-induced visible injury toknown ozone-sensitive species under conditions of ambientexposure. The USDA Forest Service administers a long-term,nationwide ozone biomonitoring program to address public andscientific concerns about ozone impacts on forest health. Asystematic grid is used as the basis for biomonitoring sitelocations. At each site, trained field crews evaluate amaximum of thirty plants of up to six species and record the amount and severity of leaf-injury on individualplants. Injury from ozone was found more often on biomonitoring sites in the eastern Unites States than in theinterior or west-coast areas. Further results from thenortheast reveal that in any year, there is a higherpercentage of ozone-injured plants with more severe symptomsin areas with relatively high ozone concentrations than inareas with relatively low ozone. In very dry years (e.g.,1999) the percentage of injured plants and injury severityestimates are both sharply reduced even though ambient ozoneexposures are high. These findings demonstrate thatbiomonitoring data provide meaningful evidence of when highozone concentrations during the growing season have biologicalsignificance. Any assessment of ozone stress in the forestenvironment must include both biomonitoring (i.e., plantresponse) and air quality data to be complete. |
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Keywords: | air quality bioindicator forest health kriging ozone exposure Palmer drought severity index seasonal precipitation sensitive species SUM06 exposure index |
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