During the years 2003 and 2004, the influence of experimentally enhanced ozone concentrations (by means of “free-air" fumigation) on the photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance of 60-year-old beech trees was examined and compared to control trees of same age growing under unchanged ozone concentrations at the same site. The drought of 2003 enabled to quantify the effects of increased ozone concentrations under limited water supply. Aims of the study were to quantify the influence of climatic factors on the ozone uptake and effects, to clarify the extent to which ozone effects depend on the ozone dose, and whether photosynthesis is decreased across larger areas in the leaf lamina than indicated by macroscopic necroses. The examined beech trees were impaired by drought rather than ozone, and ozone effects positively correlated, in part, with the ozone dose. Drought protected, due to stomatal closure, against ozone. A new method of chlorophyll fluorescence image analysis was developed that visualised the leaf area impaired by ozone, regardless of macroscopic injury.
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During the years 2003 and 2004, the influence of experimentally enhanced ozone concentrations (by means of “free-air" fumigation) on the photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance of 60-year-old beech trees was examined and compared to control trees of same age growing under unchanged ozone concentrations at the same site. The drought of 2003 enabled to quantify the effects of increased ozone concentrations under limited water supply. Aims of the study were to quantify the influence of climat...
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