An Evaluation of the Role of Ozone, Acid Deposition, and other Airborne Pollutants in the Forests of Eastern North America

J.H.B. Garner; Terry Pagano; Ellis B. Cowling

doi:10.2737/SE-GTR-59

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An Evaluation of the Role of Ozone, Acid Deposition, and other Airborne Pollutants in the Forests of Eastern North America

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Authors:

J.H.B. Garner, Terry Pagano, Ellis B. Cowling

Year:

1989

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SE-GTR-59

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-59. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 172 p.

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Abstract

Existing knowledge on air pollutants that occur in the forests of eastern North America is summarized and interpreted.Resolution is sought to the conflict between the prevailing scientific judgment that ozone and other oxidants are most likely to be damaging eastern forests and the prevailing public perception that acidic and acidifying substances are the most likely offenders.

Keywords

atmospheric deposition, ozone, acid rain, air pollution, forest response

Citation

Garner, J.H.B.; Pagano, Terry; Cowling, Ellis B. 1989. An Evaluation of the Role of Ozone, Acid Deposition, and other Airborne Pollutants in the Forests of Eastern North America. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-59. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 172 p.