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Long-term biological monitoring of environmental quality around a solid waste landfill assessed with lichens.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22230070     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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The diversity of epiphytic lichens and the accumulation of selected trace elements in the lichen Flavoparmelia caperata L. (Hale) were used as indicators of pollution around a landfill in central Italy along 14 years of waste management. Lichens revealed an increased deposition for some elements (i.e., Cd, Cr, Fe and Ni) and a decrease of the lichen diversity at sites facing the landfill after an enlargement of the dumping area. However, the results allowed to exclude a significant increase in heavy metal depositions in the surrounding area and suggested that successful waste management may be associated with environmental quality. It is concluded that lichen monitoring might provide essential information to enhance the implementation of ecological impact assessment, supporting industrial regulatory procedures, also when waste management is concerned.
Authors:
L Paoli; A Corsini; V Bigagli; J Vannini; C Bruscoli; S Loppi
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2011-11-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)     Volume:  161     ISSN:  1873-6424     ISO Abbreviation:  Environ. Pollut.     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-01-10     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8804476     Medline TA:  Environ Pollut     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  70-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Science, University of Siena, Italy; Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia.
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