Pollution monitoring with lichens: 19 (Naturalists' Handbooks) - Softcover

Richardson, D. H. S.

 
9781784272111: Pollution monitoring with lichens: 19 (Naturalists' Handbooks)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1784272116 ISBN 13: 9781784272111
Publisher: Pelagic Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

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).

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Publisher
Pelagic Publishing
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1784272116
ISBN 13 
9781784272111
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
76

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