Assessing the risk of foliar injury from ozone on vegetation in parks in the U.S. National Park Service's Vital Signs Network.
The risk of ozone injury to plants was assessed in support of the National Park Service's Vital Signs Monitoring Network program. The assessment examined bioindicator species, evaluated levels of ozone exposure, and investigated soil moisture conditions during periods of exposure for a 5-year period in each park. The assessment assigned each park a risk rating of high, moderate, or low. For the 244 parks for which assessments were conducted, the risk of foliar injury was high in 65 parks, moderate in 46 parks, and low in 131 parks. Among the well-known parks with a high risk of ozone injury are Gettysburg, Valley Forge, Delaware Water Gap, Cape Cod, Fire Island, Antietam, Harpers Ferry, Manassas, Wolf Trap Farm Park, Mammoth Cave, Shiloh, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Great Smoky Mountains, Joshua Tree, Sequoia and Kings Canyon, and Yosemite.
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Robert
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Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. rjk9@cornell.edu
D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004777:Environment; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D010083:Oxidants, Photochemical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010126:Ozone / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry*; D010944:Plants; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012621:Seasons; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis; D014197:Trees; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency; D014872:Water Movements
D000393:Air Pollutants; D010083:Oxidants, Photochemical; D012987:Soil; D010126:Ozone