Influence of a Coal-Fired Powerplant on the Element Content of Parmelia chlorochroa

Lichens and Particulate Matter: Inter-relations and Biomonitoring with Lichens

“…Lichens are known to accumulate uranium emitted by various sources (Gough and Erdman 1977;Beckett et al 1982;Boileau et al 1982;Looney et al 1985;Sheard 1986a, b;Pettersson et al 1988;Singh and Wrenn 1988;Fahselt et al 1995;Jeran et al 1995Jeran et al , 1996Jeran et al , 2002Jeran et al , 2003Jeran et al , 2007Daillant et al 1996;Trembley et al 1997;Gueidan et al 1997;Horvat et al 2000;Golubev et al 2005;Purvis et al 2006). In the war fought in the Balkan area in the years 1995-1999, depleted uranium (DU) was emitted by anti-tank ammunition fired by NATO aircrafts.…”

Effects of coal dust on species composition of mosses and lichens in an arid environment

“…Many pollutants, including sulfur dioxide (Henriksson & Pearson, 1981;Pearson, 1985;Will-Wolf, 1980;Sanz et al, 1992), heavy metals, nitrogen dioxide, and hydrogen flourides ( Gough & Erdman, 1977;Nash & Sommerfield, 1981) inhibit lichen growth and survival. Coal-fired power plants can be a source of these substances and thereby indirectly cause damage to lichens (Belnap & Harper, 1990).…”

Biogeochemical signatures in the lichen Hypogymnia physodes in the mid Urals

“…Lichens derive U and other radionuclides from coal-fired plant emissions (Gough and Erdman, 1977), U mines (Jeran et al, 1995;Beckett et al, 1982;Boileau et al, 1982;Fahselt et al, 1995), as a result of accidents (Looney et al, 1985) and from uraniferous substrates (McLean et al, 1998;Purvis et al, 2004a). U uptake by lichens is considered to be metabolism independent 'biosorption' (Suzuki and Banfield, 1999;Purvis et al, 2004a).…”