Air quality related values (AQRVs) for South Florida/Caribbean Network (SFCN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics
Sullivan TJ. 2016. Air quality related values (AQRVs) for South Florida/Caribbean Network (SFCN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics. Natural Resource Report. NPS/SFCN/NRR—2016/1194. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report describes the Air Quality Related Values (AQRVs) of the South Florida/Caribbean Network (SFCN). AQRVs are those resources sensitive to air quality and include streams, lakes, soils, vegetation, fish and wildlife, and visibility. The SFCN parks that are included in the NPS Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program and discussed in this report are Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY), Biscayne National Park (BISC), Buck Island Reef National Monument (BUIS), Dry Tortugas National Park (DRTO), Everglades National Park (EVER), Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve (SARI), and Virgin Islands National Park (VIIS). EVER and VIIS are Class I air quality areas; the rest of the parks are Class II areas. There are almost no data available for SARI; EVER is relatively data-rich. Assessments are presented here for acidification, eutrophication, ozone (O3) exposure, visibility impairment, and mercury (Hg) bioaccumulation. However, because most of the air quality and AQRV data have been collected in the two Class I areas, those parks will be the main focus of this report. Sullivan et al. (2011a, 2011b) and Kohut (2007) conducted risk assessments for acidification, eutrophication, and O3 for all of the SFCN parks; their results are described in this report. This report also describes air pollutant emissions and air quality, and their effects on AQRVs in the SFCN. The primary pollutants likely to affect AQRVs include nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) compounds (nitrate [NO3-], ammonium [NH4+], and sulfate [SO42-]); ground-level O3; haze-causing particles; and airborne toxics. Background for this section can be found in “Air Quality Related Values (AQRVs) in National Parks: Effects from Ozone; Visibility Reducing Particles; and Atmospheric Deposition of Acids, Nutrients and Toxics” (Sullivan 2016). File size: 2.4 MB
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sullivan, Timothy
- Date of Issue
- 2016-04-06
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- NRSS , SFCN
- Keywords
- Acidification, Air Quality Related Values, Airborne Toxics, AQRV, Critical loads, Deposition, Emissions, Nitrogen, Ozone, Sulfur, Visibility
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Ozone , Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Wet and Dry Deposition , Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Visibility and Particulate Matter , Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Air Contaminants