Impacts of particulate matter pollution on plants: Implications for environmental biomonitoring

PK Rai - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2016 - Elsevier
Air pollution is one of the serious problems world is facing in recent Anthropocene era of
rapid industrialization and urbanization. Specifically particulate matter (PM) pollution …

Foliar heavy metal uptake, toxicity and detoxification in plants: A comparison of foliar and root metal uptake

M Shahid, C Dumat, S Khalid, E Schreck… - Journal of hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
Anthropologic activities have transformed global biogeochemical cycling of heavy metals by
emitting considerable quantities of these metals into the atmosphere from diverse sources …

[图书][B] Лишайники в экологическом мониторинге

ЛГ Бязров - 2002 - elibrary.ru
Монография обобщает результаты оригинальных исследований автора, а также
обширные опубликованные материалы о применении лишайников в мониторинге …

Selecting lichen functional traits as ecological indicators of the effects of urban environment

NM Koch, P Matos, C Branquinho, P Pinho… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Air pollution and the urban heat island effect are known to directly affect ecosystems in
urban areas. Lichens, which are widely known as good ecological indicators of air quality …

Is the diversity of epiphytic lichens a reliable indicator of air pollution? A case study from Italy

P Giordani - Environmental Pollution, 2007 - Elsevier
This work provided additional information for a better interpretation of lichen diversity values
in biomonitoring studies of air pollution. The effects of 12 predictive variables were estimated …

The use of lichen functional groups as indicators of air quality in a Mediterranean urban environment

E Llop, P Pinho, P Matos, MJ Pereira, C Branquinho - Ecological indicators, 2012 - Elsevier
Functional groups of epiphytic lichens are proposed as indicators of air quality in a
Mediterranean urban area in the south of Portugal. Local land use: traffic (for areas near …

Biodiversity of epiphytic lichens and heavy metal contents of Flavoparmelia caperata thalli as indicators of temporal variations of air pollution in the town of Montecatini …

S Loppi, L Frati, L Paoli, V Bigagli, C Rossetti… - Science of the total …, 2004 - Elsevier
The results of a biomonitoring survey carried out in the town of Montecatini Terme (central
Italy) in the period 1993–2000 using the biodiversity of epiphytic lichens and the …

Assessment of lichen diversity by index of atmospheric purity (IAP), index of human impact (IHI) and other environmental factors in an urban area (Grenoble, southeast …

S Gombert, J Asta, MRD Seaward - Science of the total environment, 2004 - Elsevier
An assessment of air quality in the Grenoble area was made using the index of atmospheric
purity (IAP). The survey area was divided into 198 units (0.7× 1 km), in which 345 average …

[HTML][HTML] Uso de líquenes como bioindicadores de contaminación atmosférica en la ciudad de San Luis, Argentina

R LijteRoff, L Lima, B PRieRi - Revista internacional de contaminación …, 2009 - scielo.org.mx
En el presente estudio se evaluó la calidad del aire urbano en la ciudad de San Luis,
usando las comunidades de líquenes como bioindicadores. Se tomaron 6 áreas en el …

Functional diversity and traits assembly patterns of lichens as indicators of successional stages in a tropical rainforest

NM Koch, SM de Azevedo Martins, F Lucheta… - Ecological …, 2013 - Elsevier
Understanding community assembly patterns with regard to functional traits, which may be
common to different species, allows us to compare ecological communities in a wider range …