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Epiphytic Lichens in the San Bernardino Mountains in Relation to Oxidant Gradients

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Oxidant Air Pollution Impacts in the Montane Forests of Southern California

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 134))

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The use of lichens as indicators of air pollution, particularly in regions with high levels of SO2, is well established (Nieboer et al. 1976; Richardson and Nieboer 1983; Nash and Wirth 1988; Galun and Ronen 1990; Gries 1996). Near sources of SO2, lichen species show marked impoverishment, with species richness frequently reduced to less than 5% of normal levels. In Europe, such species patterns along SO2 gradients can be directly correlated with long-term (winter months or annual) ambient SO2 measurements (Hawksworth and Rose 1970, 1976). The apparent differential sensitivity to SO2 among various lichen species based on these field studies is confirmed by similar patterns in SO2 sensitivity based on short-term (hourly) fumigations with subsets of these species (Nash 1988). Further confirmation is provided by the fact that, following reductions in SO2 emissions in the United Kingdom (and other areas of Europe) in recent years, several lichen species are migrating back into areas from which they had previously disappeared (Henderson-Sellers and Seaward 1979; Rose and Hawksworth 1981; Hawksworth and McManus 1989).

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  1. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Station, Riverside, CA, 92507, USA

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  2. Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Joe R. McBride

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Nash, T.H., Sigal, L.L. (1999). Epiphytic Lichens in the San Bernardino Mountains in Relation to Oxidant Gradients. In: Miller, P.R., McBride, J.R. (eds) Oxidant Air Pollution Impacts in the Montane Forests of Southern California. Ecological Studies, vol 134. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1436-6_11

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