Air Pollution Affects Pattern of Photosynthesis in Parmelia sulcata , a Corticolous Lichen

18 June 1965

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 148 (3677) , 1600-1602
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.148.3677.1600

Abstract

Lichen disks kept in flasks contaminated with sulfur dioxide showed morphologic and photosynthetic abnormalities similar to those of lichens from an industrial center in Sweden, but lichens dried out for 4½ to 6 months in the laboratory showed neither. Thus some kinds of lichens may be absent from city environments because of atmospheric pollutants which destroy chlorophyll.

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