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Main Title Ozone and Natural Systems: Understanding Exposure, Response, and Risk.
Author Laurence, J. A. ; Thompson, B. ; Andersen, C. P. ;
CORP Author National Health and Environmental Effects Research Lab., Corvallis, OR. Western Ecology Div.
Publisher 10 Apr 2001
Year Published 2001
Report Number EPA/600/A-01/048;
Stock Number PB2001-107713
Additional Subjects Natural systems ; Ozone ; Air pollution effects ; Exposure ; Responses ; Risks ; Ecosystems ; Extrapolation ; Terrestrial ecosystems ; Assessment endpoints
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Abstract
Research aimed at understanding the response of plants to ozone has been conducted for over four decades but little of it has addressed intact natural systems. Even so, there is sufficient scientific information at this time to support air quality standards that will protect natural terrestrial ecosystems from ozone. What is unknown is the risk associated with continued exposure of natural systems, including both above-and below-ground components, in combination with other stresses including changing temperature and precipitation, elevated carbon dioxide, pests and pathogens, invasive species, and other activities that may fragment the landscape. Research to support an assessment of the ecological risk associated with ozone as it exists, in a milieu of stresses, must include endpoints beyond those addressed in the past, primarily productivity and species composition. To estimate the risk to society of ozone impacts on natural systems, endpoints such at the integrity of soil food webs, the quantity and quality of water supplied from terrestrial ecosystems, wildlife and recreational values, and the transfer and fate of carbon, nutrients, and water within the systems must be quantified. Not only will this research provide the basis for a sound estimate of risk, but also it will improve our understanding of fundamental ecosystem processes.