Monitoring plant response to phenanthrene using the red edge of canopy hyperspectral reflectance

Linhai Zhu; Zhongxin Chen; Jianjian Wang; Jinzhi Ding; Yunjiang Yu; Junsheng Li; Nengwen Xiao; Lianhe Jiang; Yuanrun Zheng; Glyn M Rimmington

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.046

Monitoring plant response to phenanthrene using the red edge of canopy hyperspectral reflectance

Mar Pollut Bull. 2014 Sep 15;86(1-2):332-341. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.046. Epub 2014 Jul 16.

Authors

Linhai Zhu¹, Zhongxin Chen², Jianjian Wang³, Jinzhi Ding⁴, Yunjiang Yu⁵, Junsheng Li⁵, Nengwen Xiao⁵, Lianhe Jiang⁶, Yuanrun Zheng⁷, Glyn M Rimmington⁸

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Beijing Botanical Garden, West China Subalpine Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
² Key Laboratory of Agri-Informatics, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources & Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Beijing Botanical Garden, West China Subalpine Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
⁵ Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
⁶ Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Beijing Botanical Garden, West China Subalpine Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.
⁷ Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Beijing Botanical Garden, West China Subalpine Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. Electronic address: zhengyr@ibcas.ac.cn.
⁸ Global Learning Office, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260-0142, United States.

PMID: 25038982
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.046

Abstract

To investigate the mechanisms and potential for the remote sensing of phenanthrene-induced vegetation stress, we measured field canopy spectra, and associated plant and soil parameters in the field controlled experiment in the Yellow River Delta of China. Two widely distributed plant communities, separately dominated by reed (Phragmites australis) and glaucous seepweed (Suaeda salsa), were treated with different doses of phenanthrene. The canopy spectral changes of plant community resulted from the decreases of biomass and foliar projective coverage, while leaf photosynthetic pigment concentrations showed no significance difference among treatments. The spectral response to phenanthrene included a flattened red edge, with decreased first derivative of reflectance. The red edge slope and area consistently responded to phenanthrene, showing a strong relationship with aboveground biomass, coverage and canopy pigments density. These results suggest the potential of remote sensing and the importance of field validation to correctly interpret the causes of the spectral changes.

Keywords: Field canopy spectroscopy; Hyperspectral; Oil pollution; Oil spill; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Remote sensing.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomass
Chenopodiaceae / drug effects
Chenopodiaceae / growth & development*
China
Environmental Monitoring / methods*
Phenanthrenes / toxicity*
Plant Leaves / drug effects
Plant Leaves / metabolism
Poaceae / drug effects
Poaceae / growth & development*
Remote Sensing Technology / methods
Rivers
Soil / chemistry
Spectrum Analysis

Substances

Phenanthrenes
Soil
phenanthrene