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Influence of dust from a limestone quarry on chlorophyll degradation of the lichen Physcia adscendens (Fr.) Oliv.

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  1. Department of Biology, Division of Ecology and Systematics, University of Athens, GR-15784, Greece

    A. Zaharopoulou &  M. Arianoutsou

  2. Department of Botany, University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box 109, GR-54006, Greece

    T. Lanaras

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Zaharopoulou, A., Lanaras, T. & Arianoutsou, M. Influence of dust from a limestone quarry on chlorophyll degradation of the lichen Physcia adscendens (Fr.) Oliv.. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 50, 852–855 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209949

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