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Ozone bioindicators and forest health, a guide to the evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of the ozone injury data in the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program, Gretchen C. Smith, John W. Coulston, Barbara M. O'Connell

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In 1994, the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) and Forest Health Monitoring programs of the U.S. Forest Service implemented a national ozone (O₃) biomonitoring program designed to address specific questions about the area and percent of forest land subject to levels of O₃ pollution that may negatively affect the forest ecosystem. This is the first and only nationally consistent effort to monitor O₃ stress on the forests of the United States. This report provides background information on O₃ and its effects on trees and ecosystems, and describes the rationale behind using sensitive bioindicator plants to detect O₃ stress and assess the risk of probable O₃ impact. Also included are a description of field methods, analytic techniques, estimation procedures, and how to access, use and interpret the ozone bioindicator attributes and data outputs such as the national ozone risk map

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Gretchen C. Smith, John W. Coulston, Barbara M. O'Connell

General technical report NRS, 34

a guide to the evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of the ozone injury data in the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program

Guide to the evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of the ozone injury data in the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program