Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 190, Issue -, Pages 150-158Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.03.023
Keywords
Forest monitoring plots; Road density; Nitrogen dioxide; Ammonia; Passive sampler
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- NSERC [55-52203]
- Environment Canada [55-54316]
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Highways are major sources of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ammonia (NH3). In this study, springtime NO2 and NH3 concentrations were measured at 17 Ontario Forest Biomonitoring Network (OFBN) plots using passive samplers. Average springtime NO2 concentrations were between 1.3 mu g m(-3) and 27 mu g m(-3), and NH3 concentrations were between 0.2 mu g m(-3) and 1.7 mu g m(-3), although concentrations measured in May (before leaf out) were typically twice as high as values recorded in June. Average NO2 concentrations, and to a lesser extent NH3, could be predicted by road density at all radii (around the plot) tested (500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m). Springtime NO2 concentrations were predicted for a further 50 OFBN sites. Normalized plant/lichen NH3 concentrations were positively correlated with estimated springtime NO2 and NH3 concentrations. Epiphytic foliose lichen richness decreased with increasing NO2 and NH3, but vascular plant richness was positively related to estimated springtime NO2 and NH3. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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