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Air Quality Monitoring with Lichens in India. Heavy Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

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Air quality monitoring is an integral part of an Environmental Impact Assessment Programme. It can be carried out either by direct air samplers or by employing biomonitoring plants. Monitoring of air pollution using living organisms provide information on the nature and quantity of pollutants at low cost. Lichens can be used as biomonitoring organism because they have slow growth rate and can survive longer than vascular plants and are highly dependent on atmospheric source for nutrients. The feature that makes lichens a very useful group of plants in comparison to other vascular plants is that they do not shed their parts and remain a repository of facts. Lichen biomonitoring in a diverse and wide geographic area of India can provide a cost effective alternative to monitor the air quality of such a wide region. The data presented here is the consolidated information about the biomonitoring studies carried out in India till date, which will provide the base line data for future biomonitoring studies and prospects of utilizing lichens in air quality studies in India. The pollutants discussed are Pb, Zn, Ni, Cu, Hg, Cr and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

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Author (V.S.) is thankful to the Vice Chancellor, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow for providing Laboratory facilities. Thanks are due to Ms. Aparna Dwivedi for valuable help. This work has been catalyzed and supported by Scientific and Engineering Research Council, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi (SR/FT/LS-028/2008).

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Shukla, V., Upreti, D.K. (2012). Air Quality Monitoring with Lichens in India. Heavy Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. In: Lichtfouse, E., Schwarzbauer, J., Robert, D. (eds) Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World. Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2439-6_7

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