naa a22 4500 510748880 CHVBK 20180411083057.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11270-012-1356-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11270-012-1356-5 The use of Leaf Characteristics of Common Oak ( Quercus Robur L.) to Monitor Ambient Ammonia Concentrations [Elektronische Daten] [Tatiana Wuytack, Kris Verheyen, Karen Wuyts, Sandy Adriaenssens, Jeroen Staelens, Roeland Samson] Biomonitoring of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) concentrations is generally performed with epiphytic lichens, using species' abundances and/or nitrogen concentration as monitoring tools. However, the potential of leaf characteristics of trees to monitor the atmospheric NH3 concentration has remained largely unexplored. Therefore, we performed a passive biomonitoring study with common oak (Quercus robur L.) at 34 sampling locations in the near vicinity of livestock farms, located in Flanders (northern Belgium). We aimed at evaluating the potential of specific leaf area, leaf area fluctuating asymmetry, stomatal resistance, and chlorophyll content of common oak to monitor a broad range of NH3 concentrations (four-monthly average of 1.9-29.9μg m−3). No significant effects of ambient NH3 concentration on the abovementioned leaf characteristics were revealed. Probably, differences in climate, soil characteristics, and concentrations of other air pollutants and/or genotypes confounded the influence of NH3. Consequently, this study demonstrates the inability of using these morphological, anatomical, and physiological common oak leaf characteristics to monitor ambient NH3 concentration. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2012 Passive biomonitoring nationallicence NH3 concentration nationallicence Common oak nationallicence Specific leaf area nationallicence Fluctuating asymmetry nationallicence Relative chlorophyll content nationallicence Stomatal resistance nationallicence Wuytack Tatiana Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium aut Verheyen Kris Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Forest and Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode (Melle), Belgium aut Wuyts Karen Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium aut Adriaenssens Sandy Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Forest and Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode (Melle), Belgium aut Staelens Jeroen Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Forest and Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode (Melle), Belgium aut Samson Roeland Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium aut Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/1(2013-01-01), 1-12 0049-6979 224:1<1 2013 224 11270 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1356-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1356-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wuytack Tatiana Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Verheyen Kris Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Forest and Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode (Melle), Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wuyts Karen Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Adriaenssens Sandy Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Forest and Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode (Melle), Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Staelens Jeroen Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Forest and Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090, Gontrode (Melle), Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Samson Roeland Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/1(2013-01-01), 1-12 0049-6979 224:1<1 2013 224 11270 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer