Lichens, tree growth, and foliar symptoms of air pollution: are the stories consistent. [Acer saccharum Fraxinus spp. ; Liriodendron tulipifera; Quercus alba; Quercus rubra]
Lichen communities, tree growth, and foliar symptoms of Acer saccharum Fraxinus spp., Liriodendron tulipifera, Quercus alba, and the Quercus rubra group were studied in relation to air pollutants in southern Indiana and Illinois. Both study areas receive regional pollutants, but only one is close to a large coal-fired utility, which results in a high dose of SO/sub 2/ and its reaction products. Lichen communities differed significantly between the two areas; species richness and total cover were lowest in the near-utility area, and species compositional differences suggested that air quality was responsible. Few differences were noted in foliar symptoms between areas; when symptom levels differed, they were generally highest in the remote area. Ozone-induced stippling was found in both areas on leaves of Fraxinus spp. and Liriodendron. Although ring widths indicated depressed tree growth in the near-utility area during years of high emissions, periodic basal area increments and tree vigor did not generally differ between areas, and were generally not related to foliar symptoms other than stippling. Ozone-induced stippling on Liriodendron was negatively correlated with basal area increments.
- Research Organization:
- Oregon State Univ., Corvallis (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6578804
- Journal Information:
- J. Environ. Qual.; (United States), Vol. 17:3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
LEAVES
INJURIES
LICHENS
TREES
PLANT GROWTH
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
OZONE
POINT POLLUTANT SOURCES
POPULATION DENSITY
SULFUR DIOXIDE
TOXICITY
ALGAE
CHALCOGENIDES
FUNGI
GROWTH
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
POWER PLANTS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
500200 - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)