Monitoring Lichen as Indicators of Atmospheric Quality

Local wind monitoring matched with lichen Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf transplantation technique to assess the environmental impact of a biomass power plant

“…Both reduced and oxidized forms of nitrogen are important components of car exhausts (Audi, 2001). In light of the above-mentioned traffic rates we can hypothesize that associated nitrogen emissions are not very strong, so that the local total nitrogen levels result in a fertilization phenomenon that increases pigment concentrations (Sujetoviene, 2015). The lack of a significant correlation between spatial variation of traffic rate and spatial variation of photobiont parameters is probably due to the overriding effect of the BPP contamination in the whole study area, so that the effect of car emissions can be appreciated only when they reach the highest levels within the study area.…”

Searching for lichen indicator species: the application of self-organizing maps in air quality assessment—a case study from Balkan area (Serbia)

“…It should be noted that these zones describing varying degrees of air quality reflect the conditions in a given space over an extended period of time (Mayer et al 2013;Sujetovienė 2015). In this respect, one of the earliest and most notable estimations of this condition is the scale used to measure the qualitative rating of the sensitivity of epiphytic lichens in the area of England and Wales (Hawksworth and Rose 1970).…”

Spatial-Temporal Patterns of Element Concentrations in Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis Transplanted along Roads

“…Road traffic has been identified as an important source of atmospheric metals, which could be released from the abrasion and corrosion of automobile parts, vehicle exhausts, and road dust suspension [1,3,25,33]. As a result, many studies have reported increasing metal accumulation in lichens with increasing proximity to roads [13,24,34].…”