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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Harmens, Harry
• Mills, Gina
• Emberson, Lisa D.
• Ashmore, Mike R.

Titel

Implications of climate change for the stomatal flux of ozone: A case study for winter wheat

Ist Teil von

• Environmental pollution (1987), 2007-04, Vol.146 (3), p.763-770

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Climate change factors such as elevated CO 2 concentrations, warming and changes in precipitation affect the stomatal flux of ozone (O 3) into leaves directly or indirectly by altering the stomatal conductance, atmospheric O 3 concentrations, frequency and extent of pollution episodes and length of the growing season. Results of a case study for winter wheat indicate that in a future climate the exceedance of the flux-based critical level of O 3 might be reduced across Europe, even when taking into account an increase in tropospheric background O 3 concentration. In contrast, the exceedance of the concentration-based critical level of O 3 will increase with the projected increase in tropospheric background O 3 concentration. The influence of climate change should be considered when predicting the future effects of O 3 on vegetation. There is a clear need for multi-factorial, open-air experiments to provide more realistic information for O 3 flux-effect modelling in a future climate. In a future climate the stomatal flux of ozone is likely to be reduced across Europe despite increasing tropospheric background ozone concentrations.