Lichens as bioindicators of air quality in Dimitrovgrad (south-eastern Serbia)
2010
Stamenković, S., Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Nis (Serbia) | Cvijan, M., Faculty of Biology, Belgrade (Serbia) | Arandjelović, M., Faculty of Medicine, Nis (Serbia)
Air pollution detection in Dimitrovgrad has not be done yet. In this work different lichen have been used as a bioindication to establich different air pollution levels. At 18 investigated points 22 lichen taxa have been found. Using the Index of Atmospheric Purity (IAP) it has been found that there are 3 different air pollution zones in Dimitrovgrad: lichen desert, transitional and normal zone. The most sensitive lichen taxa in Dimitrovgrad are Evernia prunastra, Ochrolechia pallescens, Parmelia sulcata, and Physcia adscendens, Physconia distorta, Physconia grisea,and Xanthoria parietina.
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