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One-year-old red spruce seedlings were exposed to ozone at four levels (approximately 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 times ambient ozone concentration) and simulated acidic precipitation at three levels (pH 3.1, 4.1, and 5.1) in open-top chambers in the field during July through September, 1987. At monthly intervals, seedlings were harvested and effects of the pollutant treatments were assessed by measuring height, branch number and length, stem, needle, and root dry mass, and rate of photosynthesis. Neither pollutant caused significant effects on the variables measured, and there were no detectable interactions between the pollutants.
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Laurence, J.A., Kohut, R.J. & Amundson, R.G. Response of red spruce seedlings exposed to ozone and simulated acidic precipitation in the field. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 18, 285–290 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01056215
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