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Potential of Flavoparmelia caperata transplants in highly polluted environments to monitoring air quality in some urban areas: first lichen transplantation in Tunisia
Air pollution in urban areas is a major problem for human health and the environment. The aim of this study was to monitor air quality in the Tunis metropolitan area using the lichen Flavoparmelia caperata as a t...
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Assessing Tunisia’s urban air quality using combined lichens and Sentinel-5 satellite integration
In Tunisia, urban air pollution is becoming a bigger problem. This study used a combined strategy of biomonitoring with lichens and satellite map** with Sentinel-5 satellite data processed in Google Earth En...
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Lichen diversity and bioaccumulation of heavy metals in northern Tunisia: a study to evaluate environmental pollution
This study focused on the diversity of lichens present in selected regions of northern Tunisia and assessed their resistance to atmospheric pollution. Twenty-five species of lichen were identified, divided int...
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Phytochemical screening of natural textile dyes extracted from Tunisian lichens
Environmentally friendly natural dyes have gained popularity recently because synthetic dyes have negative health effects. Through preliminary phytochemical screening, the work examined the dyeing potential of...
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Open AccessSelecting the species to be used in lichen transplant surveys of air pollution in Tunisia
This study was undertaken with the aim of selecting one or more lichen species that are the most suitable for transplant-based surveys of air pollution in Tunisia, in areas where the local native lichen vegeta...
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Bioaccumulation of potentially toxic elements in some lichen species from two remote sites of Tunisia
The bioaccumulation of potentially toxic elements (PTEs), namely Al, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Sb, and Zn, was investigated at two remote sites of the Jendouba region of Tunisia in the lichens Lobaria pulmonari...
