Lichens and Plants in Urban Environment

Insarov, Gregory; Инсарова, И.Д.

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“…Reducing the size of lichen thalli with increasing atmospheric pollution noted by many authors [1], [4]. A 4 times decrease in the size of lichens thalli in comparison with conventionally clear territory was shown by the investigations in Ekaterinburg [8].…”

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Using the lichen Parmelia sulcata Taylor in the urban environment monitoring

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Likhacheva

2015

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The article presents the results of the long-term research of the lichen species population in urban environment. The tolerant species Parmelia sulcata Taylor was chosen as an indicator of urban conditions. The study was conducted in different parts of the city of Pskov (Russia) varying in degree of air pollution. The analyses of species’ urban habitats, substrate diversity, thalli location in relation to the points of the compass, abundance and projective cover are discussed. Attention is also focused on the morphological parameters of the lichen’s thalli (thalli size, presence or absence of apothecia, vegetative propagules, thalli color and presence of necro spots on the lichen individuals etc.) in different environmental conditions. Received data will serve as a base for monitoring Parmelia sulcata population change continuously.

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Using the lichen Parmelia sulcata Taylor in the urban environment monitoring

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Likhacheva

2015

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“…Plants are able to accumulate heavy metal cations, absorbing them also from air and atmospheric precipitations, but the highest accumulation ability is typical of lichens. In conditions of background heavy metal concentrations in air, their mean concentrations in lichens are usually higher than in the ground part of higher plants [34]. The comparison between A. lerchiana mineral composition from the Baskunchak Nature Reserve and the Karadag paleo-volcano territory highlights the preferential accumulation of most elements in Karadag plants, which reflects the long-term effect of the volcanic activity at Karadag (Figure 4).…”

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Comparative Evaluation of Antioxidant Status and Mineral Composition of Diploschistes ocellatus, Calvatia candida (rostk.) Hollós, Battarrea phalloides and Artemisia lerchiana in Conditions of High Soil Salinity

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Lapchenko³

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Natural reserves play a fundamental role in maintaining flora and fauna biodiversity, but the biochemical characteristics of such ecosystems have been studied in an extremely fragmentary way. For the first time, mineral composition and antioxidant status of three systematic groups of organisms, lichens (Diplischistes ocellatus), mushrooms (Calvatia candida and Battarrea phalloides) and wormwood (Artemisia lerchiana) have been described at the territory of Bogdinsko-Baskunchak Nature Reserve (Astrakhan region, Russia), characterized by high salinity and solar radiation, and water deficiency. Through ICP-MS, it was determined that scale lichen D. ocellatus accumulated up to 10–15% Ca, 0.5% Fe, 15 mg kg−1 d.w. iodine (I), 54.5 mg kg−1 Cr. Battarrea phalloides demonstrated anomalously high concentrations of B, Cu, Fe, Mn Se, Zn, Sr and low Na levels, contrary to Calvatia candida mushrooms accumulating up to 10,850 mg kg−1 Na and only 3 mg kg−1 Sr. The peculiarity of A. lerchiana plants was the high accumulation of B (22.23 mg kg−1 d.w.), Mn (57.48 mg kg−1 d.w.), and antioxidants (total antioxidant activity: 68.6 mg GAE g−1 d.w.; polyphenols: 21.0 mg GAE g−1 d.w.; and proline: 5.45 mg g−1 d.w.). Diploschistes ocellatus and Calvatia candida demonstrated the lowest antioxidant status: 3.6–3.8 mg GAE g−1 d.w. total antioxidant activity, 1.73–2.10 mg GAE g−1 d.w. polyphenols and 2.0–5.3 mg g−1 d.w. proline. Overall, according to the elemental analysis of lichen from Baskunchak Nature Reserve compared to the Southern Crimean seashore, the vicinity of Baskunchak Salty Lake elicited increased environmental levels of Cr, Si, Li, Fe, Co, Ni and Ca.

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The Impact of Land-Use Policy on Urban Fringe Dynamics

Koomen

Dekkers

2013

Modeling of Land-Use and Ecological Dynamics

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Lichens and Plants in Urban Environment

Cited by 5 publications

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Using the lichen Parmelia sulcata Taylor in the urban environment monitoring

Using the lichen Parmelia sulcata Taylor in the urban environment monitoring

Comparative Evaluation of Antioxidant Status and Mineral Composition of Diploschistes ocellatus, Calvatia candida (rostk.) Hollós, Battarrea phalloides and Artemisia lerchiana in Conditions of High Soil Salinity

The Impact of Land-Use Policy on Urban Fringe Dynamics

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