Background ozone monitoring and phytodetection in the greater rural area of Corinth - Greece

dc.contributor.author	Saitanis, CJ	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:45:26Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:45:26Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en
dc.identifier.issn	00456535	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00041-9	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/2443
dc.subject	Grape-vines	en
dc.subject	Greece	en
dc.subject	Mediterranean	en
dc.subject	Ozone biomonitoring	en
dc.subject	Pine forest	en
dc.subject	Tobacco	en
dc.subject.other	Conservation	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental engineering	en
dc.subject.other	Forestry	en
dc.subject.other	Ozone layer	en
dc.subject.other	Plants (botany)	en
dc.subject.other	Ozone monitoring	en
dc.subject.other	Ecology	en
dc.subject.other	ozone	en
dc.subject.other	background level	en
dc.subject.other	biomonitoring	en
dc.subject.other	diurnal variation	en
dc.subject.other	ozone	en
dc.subject.other	rural area	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	astronomy	en
dc.subject.other	biological monitoring	en
dc.subject.other	circadian rhythm	en
dc.subject.other	concentration (parameters)	en
dc.subject.other	environmental monitoring	en
dc.subject.other	geographic distribution	en
dc.subject.other	grape	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	pine	en
dc.subject.other	plant growth	en
dc.subject.other	plant leaf	en
dc.subject.other	rural area	en
dc.subject.other	summer	en
dc.subject.other	tree	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental Monitoring	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Oxidants, Photochemical	en
dc.subject.other	Ozone	en
dc.subject.other	Periodicity	en
dc.subject.other	Pinus	en
dc.subject.other	Plant Leaves	en
dc.subject.other	Reference Values	en
dc.subject.other	Rural Population	en
dc.subject.other	Tobacco	en
dc.subject.other	Vitis	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Nicotiana	en
dc.subject.other	Nicotiana tabacum	en
dc.subject.other	Pinus halepensis	en
dc.subject.other	Vitis	en
dc.subject.other	Vitis sp.	en
dc.subject.other	Vitis vinifera	en
dc.title	Background ozone monitoring and phytodetection in the greater rural area of Corinth - Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00041-9	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	Natural background ozone levels were monitored in three places within the greater rural area of Corinth, namely Bogdani Hill, Astronomical Observatory of Krionerion, and Kiato, and compared with ambient ozone monitored in the metropolitan area of Athens. Measurements were made sequentially, for a few weeks at each place, during the summer of 2000. In addition, ozone phytodetection, using tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) plants of the Bel-W3 and Zichnomirodata varieties, was conducted in 12 places (the above included). Moreover, stomatal conductance was measured in the Bel-W3 plants, as well as in leaves of cultivated grape-vines (Vitis vinifera L.) and in needles of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) trees and compared with the diurnal pattern of ozone concentrations. The 24 and 12 (08:00-20:00) hourly averages of ozone concentrations were high in Athens (37; 51 ppb), at Bogdani Hill (53; 56 ppb) and at the Astronomical Observatory (56; 55 ppb), but relatively low in Kiato (30; 34 ppb). Furthermore, the average daily AOT40 (accumulated exposure over 40 ppb for the daylight hours) (ppbh) was 193 in Athens, 212 at Bogdani Hill, 192 at the Astronomical Observatory and 47 in Kiato. Ozone concentrations exhibited the usual diurnal pattern in Athens (altitude 50 m), where they were maximum during midday and early afternoon hours, as well as at Bogdani Hill (300 m) and in Kiato (5 m) where, however, they were maximal 1-3 h later. At the Astronomical Observatory (altitude 920 m) ozone remained constant during both daylight and night hours. The differences in diurnal patterns are consistent with those in places of different elevation, reported elsewhere. The Bel-W3 plants were injured at all 12 places; Zichnomirodata plants exhibited lower injury and only in some of the places; probable ozone symptoms were also observed on vine plants and pine trees. The greatest injury was observed at the high altitude places of Astronomical Observatory and Mougostos. Stomatal conductance, in all three species, peaked during morning and early midday hours when ozone levels were higher in the high altitude, and lower in the low altitude, places. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.journalName	Chemosphere	en
dc.identifier.issue	9	en
dc.identifier.volume	51	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00041-9	en
dc.identifier.spage	913	en
dc.identifier.epage	923	en