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ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 62, Issue 3, Pages 643-648Publisher
INST BIOLOSKA ISTRAZIVANJA SINISA STANKOVIC
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1003643S
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Lichens; bioindicators; air quality; Dimitrovgrad; Serbia
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- Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia [143023]
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Air pollution detection in Dimitrovgrad has not been done yet. In this work different lichen have been used as a bioindication to establish 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 tenella and the most tolerant are Phaeophyscia orbicularis, Physcia adscendens, Physconia distorta, Physconia grisea, and Xanthoria parietina.
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