Appalachian National Scenic Trail (APPL): Assessing the Risk of Foliar Injury from Ozone on Vegetation in Parks (October 2004)
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Resource ID
1098
Access
Open
Contributed by
Appalachian Trail Museum Library
Date
October 2004
Tags - Places
Entire Trail
Document Types
Federal, Report
Document Extract
This assessment employs a biologically-based method to evaluate the risk of foliar injury from ozone at parks within the 32 Vital Signs Networks. The assessment allows resource managers to better understand the risk of ozone injury to vegetation and permits them to make a better informed decision regarding the need to monitor the impacts of ozone on plants.
This introduction provides an overview of the risk assessment process and the data used, and how they were applied and modified to meet the requirements of producing an assessment for the 2174-mile long Appalachian Trail. It also provides a summary of the results of risk assessments for sites along the Trail.