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).
| ISBN: | 9781784272111 |
| Publication date: | 1st November 2020 |
| Author: | D H S Richardson |
| Illustrator: | C Dalby |
| Publisher: | Pelagic Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 76 pages |
| Series: | Naturalists' Handbooks |
| Genres: |
Botany and plant sciences Pollution and threats to the environment |
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.
Pollution Monitoring With Lichens features in the following genres: Botany and plant sciences, Pollution and threats to the environment
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Pollution Monitoring With Lichens was written by D H S Richardson and published by Pelagic Publishing
Pollution Monitoring With Lichens has 76 pages
Yes it is part of Naturalists' Handbooks series
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