1983 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Lichens as Indicators for Air Quality
Author : T. De Wit
Published in: Ecological Indicators for the Assessment of the Quality of Air, Water, Soil, and Ecosystems
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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Indication depends on the existence of a known relationship between the possibilities for existence of the lichens and the quality of their surroundings. These possibilities may be read from the parameters such as: distribution patterns of species, species numbers, physiological and morphological aspects. This is illustrated by examples with emphasis on: choice of parameters, interaction between several factors, comparison of lichens with other organisms and evaluation of the use of lichens as indicators.