Lichen bioindication of biodiversity, air quality, and climate
Subtitle: baseline results from monitoring in Washington, Oregon, and California
By: Sarah Jovan.
Contributors: Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)
Series: General technical report -- PNW-GTR-737; General technical report PNW -- 737.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
Subjects: Lichen communities -- Monitoring -- Pacific Coast (U.S.); Lichens -- Monitoring -- Pacific Coast (U.S.); Lichens -- Effect of air pollution on -- Pacific Coast (U.S.); Forest monitoring -- Pacific Coast (U.S.); Forest health -- Pacific Coast (U.S.) -- Evaluation; Plant indicators -- Pacific Coast (U.S.); Air -- Pollution -- Pacific Coast (U.S.) -- Measurement; Air quality -- Pacific Coast (U.S.) -- Measurement
Description: Lichens are highly valued ecological indicators known for their sensitivity to a wide variety of environmental stressors like air quality and climate change. This report summarizes baseline results from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Lichen Community Indicator covering the first full cycle of data collection (1998-2001, 2003) for Washington, Oregon, and California. During this period, FIA conducted 972 surveys of epiphytic macrolichen communities for monitoring both spatial and long-term temporal trends in forest health. Major research findings are presented with emphasis on lichen biodiversity as well as bioindication of air quality and climate. Considerable effort is devoted to mapping geographic patterns and defining lichen indicator species suitable for estimating air quality and climate.
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"March 2008."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-115).

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