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.

Pollution Monitoring with Lichens (Vol. 19) (Naturalists' Handbooks (Vol. 19))

Engineering & Transportation

Richardson, D. H.S.

Engineering

Pelagic Publishing

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.

Pollution Monitoring With Lichens (Vol. 19) (Naturalists' Handbooks, Vol. 19)

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

This volume records the vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens and fungi recorded during the Royal Irish Academy's New Survey of Clare Island. It includes a description of the likely Holocene vegetation cover and its development over the past 5000 years, and an analysis of the present vegetation using modern phytotaxonomic methods. The volume is extensively illustrated with photographs, tables, diagrams and detailed fold-out maps.

New Survey of Clare Island v. 7: Plants and Fungi: Volume 7: Plants and Fungi (7)

Gibson, Paul

Seaward, Mark

Coxon, Peter

Jebb, Matthew

Mitchel, David

Corcoran, Ryan

McCarron, Stephen

Ryle, Tim

Synnott, Donal

Royal Irish Academy

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