The Use of Critical Levels for Determining Plant Response to Ozone in Europe and in North America
Critical levels to determine plant response to ozone (O3) have been used in Europe since the 1980s, utilizing the concentration-based AOT40 to relate plant response to ambient O3 exposure. More recently, there has been progress in Europe toward utilizing flux-based critical levels, because plant res...
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| description | Critical levels to determine plant response to ozone (O3) have been used in Europe since the 1980s, utilizing the concentration-based AOT40 to relate plant response to ambient O3 exposure. More recently, there has been progress in Europe toward utilizing flux-based critical levels, because plant response is more closely related to O3 uptake than to the amount of O3 in ambient air. Flux-based critical levels are plant species specific; data for parameterization of flux-based critical levels models are lacking for most plant species. Although flux-based critical levels are now being used for a limited number of agricultural crops and tree species where data are available, the use of flux-based critical levels is limited by the lack of adequate consideration and incorporation of plant internal detoxification mechanisms in flux modeling. Critical levels have not been used in North America; however, recent interest in the U.S. and Canada for using critical loads for nitrogen and sulfur has generated interest in using critical levels for O3. A major obstacle for utilization of critical levels in North America is that ambient air quality standards for O3 in the U.S. and Canada are concentration based. It appears that cumulative exposure-based metrics, particularly when implemented with a quantification of peak concentrations and environmental variables, such as a drought index, are currently the most useful to relate O3 to vegetation response. Because data are unavailable to quantify detoxification potential of vegetation, effective flux models are not available to determine plant response to O3. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-67ca1810304348b08ae74989ab27b0152025-02-03T01:06:45ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2007-01-017152110.1100/tsw.2007.24The Use of Critical Levels for Determining Plant Response to Ozone in Europe and in North AmericaRobert C. Musselman0Allen S. Lefohn1USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO, USAA.S.L. and Associates, Helena, MT, USACritical levels to determine plant response to ozone (O3) have been used in Europe since the 1980s, utilizing the concentration-based AOT40 to relate plant response to ambient O3 exposure. More recently, there has been progress in Europe toward utilizing flux-based critical levels, because plant response is more closely related to O3 uptake than to the amount of O3 in ambient air. Flux-based critical levels are plant species specific; data for parameterization of flux-based critical levels models are lacking for most plant species. Although flux-based critical levels are now being used for a limited number of agricultural crops and tree species where data are available, the use of flux-based critical levels is limited by the lack of adequate consideration and incorporation of plant internal detoxification mechanisms in flux modeling. Critical levels have not been used in North America; however, recent interest in the U.S. and Canada for using critical loads for nitrogen and sulfur has generated interest in using critical levels for O3. A major obstacle for utilization of critical levels in North America is that ambient air quality standards for O3 in the U.S. and Canada are concentration based. It appears that cumulative exposure-based metrics, particularly when implemented with a quantification of peak concentrations and environmental variables, such as a drought index, are currently the most useful to relate O3 to vegetation response. Because data are unavailable to quantify detoxification potential of vegetation, effective flux models are not available to determine plant response to O3.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.24 |
| spellingShingle | Robert C. Musselman Allen S. Lefohn The Use of Critical Levels for Determining Plant Response to Ozone in Europe and in North America The Scientific World Journal |
| title | The Use of Critical Levels for Determining Plant Response to Ozone in Europe and in North America |
| title_full | The Use of Critical Levels for Determining Plant Response to Ozone in Europe and in North America |
| title_fullStr | The Use of Critical Levels for Determining Plant Response to Ozone in Europe and in North America |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Use of Critical Levels for Determining Plant Response to Ozone in Europe and in North America |
| title_short | The Use of Critical Levels for Determining Plant Response to Ozone in Europe and in North America |
| title_sort | use of critical levels for determining plant response to ozone in europe and in north america |
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