Metals and metalloids play important roles in plant function and metabolism. Likewise,
plants subsequently introduce vital dietary nutrition to people and animals. Understanding …

Fine and ultrafine metallic particulate matters (PMs) are emitted from metallurgic activities in
peri-urban zones into the atmosphere and can be deposited in terrestrial ecosystems. The …

How long does it take a lichen to respond to changes (worsening or improvement) of
atmospheric conditions is still discussed. We selected and removed lichen thalli …

In the last three decades, considerable attention was paid to the inter-relations of lichens
and particulate matter. This chapter highlights the determinant factors of the entrapment of …

Lichens belonging to Parmeliaceae are highly diversified, but most of them share an
extremely conserved morpho-chemical trait: the lower cortex is heavily melanized. The …

Lichen element compositions are of a reliable tool for the biomonitoring of atmospheric
element deposition. The zoning and patterned accumulation of elements in lichen thallus is …

In biomonitoring of airborne elements with native lichens, two allopatric species could be
used jointly only when bioaccumulation mechanisms are the same, and differences …

In the scope of a monitoring program to assess the environmental impact of automobile
traffic over one main bridge in Lisbon, both water and duckweed (Lemna minor L.) were …

Translocation processes between the inner and outer rings of lichen thalli, as well as
between lichens and bark substratum, induce zonation patterns, with a dynamic stratification …

Some lichen species can provide environmental archives of atmospheric deposition of
potentially harmful elements (PHEs) that can be investigated as records of environmental …