Pollution monitoring with lichens

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78427-211-1
Verlag: Pelagic Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 76 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 178 g

Reihe: Naturalists' Handbooks

Lichens make excellent material for field studies throughout the year and are valuable for the detection and mapping of pollution. This book provides an overview of the value of lichens for monitoring a range of potentially harmful substances including sulphur dioxide, fluorides, PCBs, metals and radioactive elements.

In each section background information is provided and case studies briefly described to enable the reader to appreciate the potential applications of lichens for monitoring each type of environmental pollutant. To help with the problems of identifying lichens, coloured illustrations are provided of species that commonly grow on trees together with an identification key and direction to more advanced texts for lichens growing on other surfaces.

This book is a digital reprint (without updates) of ISBN 0-85546-289-5 (1992).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richardson, D. H. S.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Dalby, Claire

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Phykologie, Algen, Flechten, Lichen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Natural history, Sulphur dioxide and acid rain

Fluorides

Aromatic hydrocarbons

Metals

Transplant studies

Radioactive elements

Invertebrate fauna

Identification

Original work: techniques and approaches

References and further reading

Useful addresses