A protocol for monitoring ozone and foliar injury throughout the Cumberland Piedmont Network
Jernigan JW, Carson BC, Leibfried T. 2012. A protocol for monitoring ozone and foliar injury throughout the Cumberland Piedmont Network. Natural Resource Report. NPS/CUPN/NRR—2012/559. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The objective of this protocol is to provide the Cumberland Piedmont Network (CUPN)and its parks with ozone concentration and injury data. The data collected will primarily address two questions: are ozone concentrations high enough to cause injury to plants and is that injury occurring? Ancillary issues, such as whether ozone concentrations are high enough to violate human health standards, will also be explored. This protocol is divided into two sets of sampling designs and methodologies. The first set of designs/methodologies provides ozone concentration data in CUPN parks using established methods. The SOPs for this set of designs/methodologies use the prefix “OC”. The second set provides foliar injury data (with the validity of its data being supported using voucher specimens) in CUPN parks using established methods. The SOPs for this set of designs/methodologies use the prefix “FoIn”. When these two data sets are collected over multiple years, correlation between ozone concentration and severity of foliar injury may be explored. The NPS and policymakers may use this information to prescribe actions that may, at the least, reduce ozone injury to plants.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Jernigan, Johnathan; Carson, Bobby; Leibfried, Teresa
- Date of Issue
- 2012-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ABLI , CARL , CHCH , COWP , CUGA , CUPN , FODO , GUCO , IMDP , KIMO , LIRI , MACA , NISI , NRSS , RUCA , SHIL , STRI
- Keywords
- Air Quality, Foliar Injury, Ozone, Ozone Injury, Ozone Protocols, vital sign
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Ozone