Biomonitoring Ecology And Systematics Of Lichens

Author : Scott T. Bates,Frank Bungartz,Robert Lücking,María de los Angeles Herrera Campos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biological monitoring
ISBN : 3443580858

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Biomonitoring, Ecology, and Systematics of Lichens by Scott T. Bates,Frank Bungartz,Robert Lücking,María de los Angeles Herrera Campos Pdf

"This volume contains 33 peer-reviewed contributions by 70 authors, many leaders in their field, and is wide-ranging in its taxonomic scope. A total of 38 new taxa (35 species, 2 genera, 1 family) are described, including 8 honorific names for Tom Nash in recognition of his lichenological legacy. Taxonomic treatments cover regions throughout the world, including coastal Chile (Niebla, Sclerophyton), Îles Kerguelen (Aspiciliopsis, Placopsis), the Sonoran Desert (Roccella), the Southern Hemisphere (Buellia subalbula-group), Thailand (Malmidea), and the West Indies (Phyllopsora). Molecular phylogenetic analyses are also integrated in 7 studies and 8 include taxonomic keys. Lichens and lichenicolous fungi from over 30 genera are covered (e.g., Acarospora, Bulbothrix, Caloplaca, Candelaria, Canoparmelia, Circinaria, Cliostomum, Endococcus, Enterographa, Holospora, Lecidea, Lichenochora, Merismatium, Niebla, Parmotrema, Pseudopeltula, Punctelia, Rinodina, Solenopsora, Usnea, Xanthoparmelia), many wonderfully illustrated (40 b/w-figures and>120 images in 16 colour plates). Numerous other figures and tables document distributions, chemistry, and morphology for the taxa included. The volume dedicated to Thomas H. Nash III on the occasion of his 65th birthday also offers analyses and thought provoking discussion related to aspects of lichen ecology and the use of lichens in biomonitoring, and a biography and bibliography spanning the career of T.H. Nash III (~40 yrs.) are also included."--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Vertika Shukla,D.K. Upreti,Rajesh Bajpai
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9788132215035

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Lichens to Biomonitor the Environment by Vertika Shukla,D.K. Upreti,Rajesh Bajpai Pdf

The book embodies the detailed account about unique symbionts i.e. LICHENS in ecosystem monitoring. The first chapter deals with unique characteristics features of lichens which facilitate their survival in extreme climates and makes them an ideal organism for ecosystem monitoring. Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites are known to protect lichens against increasing environmental stresses therefore second chapter provides insight into various chromatographic and modern spectroscopic techniques involved in separation and characterization of lichen substances. The third chapter elaborates the criteria for selection of biomonitoring species and characters of host plant that influences lichen diversity and details about different lichen species utilized for biomonitoring. One can retrieve preliminary information about the air quality based on the lichen community structure and distribution of bioindicator species as lichen communities/indicator species provides valuable information about the natural/anthropogenic induced changes in the microclimate and land-use changes due to human activity. Therefore, for identification of species, a key to genera and species provides concise information to identify the lichen species based on their morphological and anatomical characters and chemicals present. Keys provided in Chapter 4 will help the beginners to identify some common lichen species based on the distribution in different climatic zones of India. The section also provides comprehensive information about the bioindicator communities and bioindicator species from India. Chapter 5 provides the details of factors affecting the ecosystem (natural as well as anthropogenic disturbances) and role of lichens in ecosystem monitoring in India has been discussed in detail. Chapter 6 discusses the need and utility of indicator species especially lichen biomonitoring data in sustainable forest management and conservation. The content about lichens in biomonitoring will be a valuable resource for researchers from different fields and will provide an essential reference for people interested in lichens and its role in ecosystem monitoring. The book will also hopefully popularize lichenological studies in India and will generate more active participation of lichen biomonitoring studies in management and conservation of natural resources in India.

Author : Pier Luigi Nimis,Christoph Scheidegger,Patricia A. Wolseley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401004237

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Monitoring with Lichens - Monitoring Lichens by Pier Luigi Nimis,Christoph Scheidegger,Patricia A. Wolseley Pdf

A comprehensive, up-to-date review of lichens as biomonitors of air pollution (bioindication, metal and radionuclide accumulation, biomarkers), and as monitors of environmental change (including global climate change and biodiversity loss) in a wide array of terrestrial habitats. Several methods for using lichens as biomonitors are described in a special section of the book.

Author : Vertika Shukla,Upreti D K,Rajesh Bajpai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8132215044

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Lichens to Biomonitor the Environment by Vertika Shukla,Upreti D K,Rajesh Bajpai Pdf

Author : Dalip Kumar Upreti,Pradeep K. Divakar,Vertika Shukla,Rajesh Bajpai
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9788132222354

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Recent Advances in Lichenology by Dalip Kumar Upreti,Pradeep K. Divakar,Vertika Shukla,Rajesh Bajpai Pdf

This book discusses in detail molecular, mycobiont culture, biomonitoring and bioprospection of lichens, providing insights into advances in different fields of lichenology by applying modern techniques and approaches and examining how their application has enhanced or changed classical approaches. It offers a valuable resource, especially for beginners, students and researchers from different academic backgrounds interested in the study of lichens. In recent years, the introduction of modern analytical techniques and approaches has significantly improved our understanding of the environment, including lichens. Lichens are unique organisms which possess untapped potential as effective and reliable bioindicators, sources of therapeutic phytochemicals, and as excellent extremophiles. The unique and peculiar characteristics of lichens underline the need for a multidimensional approach to explore their potential in various fields of environment science, botany and chemistry. Modern techniques, especially molecular techniques, have greatly enriched the field of lichen taxonomy and its position in the plant kingdom, revealing little-known species and exploring their evolutionary history, while multivariate analysis and GIS approaches have established lichens as an ideal and reliable tool for monitoring air pollution. Advanced culture techniques have expanded the pharmacological applications of lichens, which was formerly restricted due to their small biomass. The advent of sophisticated analytical instrumentation has now facilitated the isolation and characterization of lichens’ bioactive constituents, even in lower concentrations, as well as the estimation of their stress responses at different levels of pollution. As lichen diversity is adversely affected by increasing air pollution, there is a pressing need to develop effective management practices to conserve, restore and document lichen diversity.

Author : Ingvar Kärnefelt,M. R. D. Seaward,Arne Thell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Lichens
ISBN : 3443580874

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Systematics, Biodiversity and Ecology of Lichens by Ingvar Kärnefelt,M. R. D. Seaward,Arne Thell Pdf

This volume focuses on the interaction of lichens with their substrate, environment and their biogeographic effects. In seventeen chapters thirty-eight authors present recent findings and developments in systematics, biodiversity, floristic studies and ecology, as well as newly described taxa, and keys to the identification of Caloplaca and xanthorioid lichens. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of several groups and genera are presented, resulting in an improved systematics of, for example, Caloplaca, Cladonia, Collema and xanthorioid lichens. The genera Arthonia and Usnea in Greece (with key) are reviewed. The volume is dedicated to Prof. Hans Martin Jahns on the occasion of his 70th birthday, featuring papers on some of his favourite fields of research, among them lichen interactions with their substrate and environment and lichen biogeography. A brief biography of Jahns, highlighting his contributions to lichenology, is included in the chapter on the nine Presidents of the International Association for Lichenology. Jahns played an important role during the past 40 years with his highly influential book, co-authored by Aino Henssen, entitled Lichenes. Eine Einführung in die Flechtenkunde. He is well-known for his extensive work and numerous publications on lichen morphology and ontogeny, particularly the development of fruiting bodies in different genera.

Author : Kenneth W. Stolte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Air
ISBN : MINN:31951D030011256

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Lichens as Bioindicators of Air Quality by Kenneth W. Stolte Pdf

Author : Thomas H. Nash,Linda Geiser,Bruce McCune,Alexandru M. Tomescu,William Sanders
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Asilomar Calif., 2008
ISBN : 344358084X

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Biology of Lichens by Thomas H. Nash,Linda Geiser,Bruce McCune,Alexandru M. Tomescu,William Sanders Pdf

Lichens dominate ca. 8% of the world's terrestrial ecosystems and play important ecological roles in many other ecosystems, such as foliicolous lichens in the tropics that provide a model system for studying the development of their symbiotic relationship in the fi eld. In any discussion of symbiosis, the lichenized fungi play a prominent role. Not only is a lichen a combination of fungus and alga(e) and/or a cyanobacterium, but also hosts specifi c bacteria and potentially other lichenicolous fungi. Accordingly, this volume of Bibliotheca Lichenologica opens with a modern review of symbiosis and closes with a paper on the selectivity of the photobiont. The possible origin of the symbiosis from a paleoecological perspective is also considered. The ecological role of lichens in the widely distributed, arid soil crusts, as well as several specifi c aspects of their community ecology, are also discussed in other chapters. For nearly two centuries lichens have been used in environmental monitoring, especially in relation to air pollution, new aspects of such monitoring relative to cumene hydroperoxide, Hg, NH3, O3, and various organopollutants are covered in separate chapters. Several systematic papers dealing with the Parmeliaceae and lichenicolous fungi are also presented. Cyber applications are now providing a wealth of information from literature records back to the 1500s to vastly improved identifi cation tools, to access to millions of collection records, and to integrating biodiversity networks.

Author : Kenneth A. Kershaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1985-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521239257

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Physiological Ecology of Lichens by Kenneth A. Kershaw Pdf

This book provides a critical and selective review of lichen physiological ecology.

Author : D. J. Galloway
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015025011464

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Tropical Lichens by D. J. Galloway Pdf

Tropical lichens are not only of interest in themselves, but are of importance in the study of the ecosystems of which they are a part. Presented for the first time in book form, this comprehensive synthesis of information points to areas for further research, and summarizes discussions on the systematic, ecological, and biogeographical aspects of tropical lichens. Problems of lichen conservation are also included. Scientists concerned with environmental investigation, and in particular, with climactic change, will find this new work increasingly relevant.

Author : M. R. D. Seaward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015010047176

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Lichen Ecology by M. R. D. Seaward Pdf

Includes "Lichens of the boreal coniferous zone" by Teuvo Ahti.

Author : Jeffrey Bates,Andrew Farmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015025251094

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Bryophytes and Lichens in a Changing Environment by Jeffrey Bates,Andrew Farmer Pdf

This volume presents a synthesis of new information about the responses of bryophytes and lichens to changing environmental conditions, particularly those brought about by human activities. Bryophytes and lichens are often treated independently, but as they commonly exist in association with each other and share similar characteristics, they are here described together. The environmental sensitivity of both types of organisms is truly remarkable. At various times the use of one group or the other has been recommended to indicate the presence of particular mineral deposits (geological prospecting), soil and site conditions (forestry), level of atmosphere and aquatic pollutants (biomonitoring), ages of rock surfaces (lichenometry), and historical continuity of forests cover (bioindication). Topics covered in this book include physiology, distribution, ecological function, and response to pollution and land management of these organisms.

Author : D. J. Galloway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Lichens
ISBN : 1383030278

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Tropical Lichens by D. J. Galloway Pdf

A synthesis of knowledge of tropical lichens, an important aspect of the study of ecosystems, in which there are papers on the systematic, ecological and bio-geographical aspects of the organisms and on other related conservation matters.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 3064 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9783110278712

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2012 by Anonim Pdf

Particularly in the humanities and social sciences, festschrifts are a popular forum for discussion. The IJBF provides quick and easy general access to these important resources for scholars and students. The festschrifts are located in state and regional libraries and their bibliographic details are recorded. Since 1983, more than 659,000 articles from more than 30,500 festschrifts, published between 1977 and 2011, have been catalogued.

Author : Dalip Kumar Upreti,Pradeep K. Divakar,Vertika Shukla,Rajesh Bajpai
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 813222180X

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Recent Advances in Lichenology by Dalip Kumar Upreti,Pradeep K. Divakar,Vertika Shukla,Rajesh Bajpai Pdf

This book discusses in detail molecular, mycobiont culture, biomonitoring and bioprospection of lichens, providing insights into advances in different fields of lichenology by applying modern techniques and approaches and examining how their application has enhanced or changed classical approaches. It offers a valuable resource, especially for beginners, students and researchers from different academic backgrounds interested in the study of lichens. In recent years, the introduction of modern analytical techniques and approaches has significantly improved our understanding of the environment, including lichens. Lichens are unique organisms which possess untapped potential as effective and reliable bioindicators, sources of therapeutic phytochemicals, and as excellent extremophiles. The unique and peculiar characteristics of lichens underline the need for a multidimensional approach to explore their potential in various fields of environment science, botany and chemistry. Modern techniques, especially molecular techniques, have greatly enriched the field of lichen taxonomy and its position in the plant kingdom, revealing little-known species and exploring their evolutionary history, while multivariate analysis and GIS approaches have established lichens as an ideal and reliable tool for monitoring air pollution. Advanced culture techniques have expanded the pharmacological applications of lichens, which was formerly restricted due to their small biomass. The advent of sophisticated analytical instrumentation has now facilitated the isolation and characterization of lichens’ bioactive constituents, even in lower concentrations, as well as the estimation of their stress responses at different levels of pollution. As lichen diversity is adversely affected by increasing air pollution, there is a pressing need to develop effective management practices to conserve, restore and document lichen diversity.