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Vertika Shukla
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Lichens as Sinks of Airborne Organic Pollutants: A Case Study in the Natural Ecosystem of Himalayas
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are predominantly released into the atmosphere due to anthropogenic activities. POPs pose risk to the global environment as they are persistent having long-range transport ...
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Adaptation Strategies of Plants Against Common Inorganic Pollutants and Metals
One of the most distress environmental issues of the recent decades is the burden of pollution in soil and water. Till date, the quality of water and soil has been degraded as a result of excess inputs of toxi...
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Metabolic Profiling and Its Plausible Environmental Significance in a Common Himalayan Lichen
Metabolomics is an important technique that detects change in the quantitative profile of the organism to observe its response towards diverse genetic alterations and environmental conditions. In the present s...
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Management and Conservational Approaches
Since lichens are widely known for their high sensitivity towards environmental disturbances, both natural and human origin. Therefore, environmental changes result in alteration of habitats and ecosystems at ...
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Secondary Metabolites and Its Isolation and Characterisation
Secondary metabolites are known to protect lichens against increasing environmental stresses such as light exposure, water potential changes, microbial and herbivore interactions and other changes associated w...
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Lichen Diversity in Different Lichenogeographical Regions of India
India is a megadiversity region having rich lichen diversity of 2,300 species belonging to 305 genera and 74 families, collected from different regions of the country. Owing to its vast geographical area and v...
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Introduction
Lichens are composite organisms comprised of a fungus and one or more algae living together in symbiotic association in which the algal partner produces essential nutrients for the fungal partner through photo...
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Selection of Biomonitoring Species
Lichens lack significant cuticle or epidermis and are devoid of a well-developed root system, therefore they absorb nutrients directly from the atmosphere. Along with nutrients, pollutants are also absorbed an...
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Ecosystem Monitoring
Monitoring the quality and sustainability of the ecosystem with lichens has been studied worldwide. Three major categories of assessment that have been identified so far for the role of lichens in ecosystem mo...
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Air Quality Monitoring with Lichens in India. Heavy Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
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...
