Air-pollutant load and health state of young spruce stands in the Jizerske Mts

• Published in: Zpravy Lesnickeho Vyzkumu (Czech Republic) Vol. 43; no. 2
• Main Authors: Lomsky, B, Pauthova, J. (Vyzkumny Ustav Lesniho Hospodarstvi a Myslivosti, Jiloviste-Strnady (Czech Republic))
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Czech
• Published: 01.07.1998
• Subjects: AIR POLLUTION; AZOTE; CARGA CONTAMINANTE; CHARGE POLLUANTE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORE; CHLORINE; CLORO; COMPOSICION QUIMICA; COMPOSITION CHIMIQUE; CONDICION DE LA PLANTA; CONTROLE CONTINU; CZECH REPUBLIC; DAMAGE; DANOS; DEGAT; DIOXIDO DE AZUFRE; DIOXYDE DE SOUFRE; ETAT DE LA PLANTE; FEUILLE; FLUOR; FLUORINE; HIGHLANDS; HOJAS; LEAVES; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MONITORING; NITROGEN; NITROGENO; OZONE; OZONO; PICEA ABIES; PLANT CONDITION; POLLUTANT LOAD; POLLUTION ATMOSPHERIQUE; POLUCION DEL AIRE; REGION D'ALTITUDE; REPUBLICA CHECA; REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE; SULPHUR DIOXIDE; VIGILANCIA; ZONA DE MONTANA
• ISSN: 0322-9688

Northern border mountains of the Czech Republic, mainly the Jizera Mountains are under the constant stress of air pollution. The paper presents results of the health state observation at 17 samples plots of young spruce stands in the Jizera Mts., situated at the border on Poland. Results from 1993 to 1995 are presented. Air pollutants (sulphur, fluorine and chlorine), characterizing pollution load, have been analyzed in one-year-old needles. The content of malondialdehyde, characterizing oxidative stress, was also determined. The health state was evaluated in percentage of crown defoliation, according to IPC-Forests method, used at ecological monitoring. The results show that air pollution load of plots depends on the exposition to pollution sources, which, in combination with other factors (climate, nutrient deficiency) is manifested by different health state (defoliation rate).