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Rapid quantitative assessment of visible injury to vegetation and visual amenity effects of fluoride air pollution

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Quantitative measures of visible injury are proposed for the protection of the aesthetic acceptability and health of ecosystems. Visible indications of air pollutant injury symptoms can be assessed rapidly and economically over large areas of mixed species such as native ecosystems. Reliable indication requires close attention to the criteria for assessment, species selection, and the influence of other environmental conditions on plant response to a pollutant. The estimation of fluoride-induced visible injury in dicotyledonous species may require techniques that are more varied than the measurement of necrosis in linear-leaved monocotyledons and conifers. A scheme is described for quantitative estimates of necrosis, chlorosis and deformation of leaves using an approximately geometric series of injury categories that permits rapid and sufficiently consistent determination and recognises degrees of aesthetic offence associated with foliar injury to plants.

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Doley, D. Rapid quantitative assessment of visible injury to vegetation and visual amenity effects of fluoride air pollution. Environ Monit Assess 160, 181–198 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0686-7

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