Impact of air-borne copper and zinc pollution on lichen and bryophyte vegetation near a brass foundry.

Air-borne Cu and Zn from a brass foundry at Gusum, SE Sweden, have considerably disturbed the lichen and bryophyte vegetation in the coniferous forest environment. The occurrence of lichens on Norway spruce twigs decreased rapidly with increasing Cu concentrations in above 90 ppm (backgr...

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Main Author: Folkeson, Lennart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society of Forest Science 1981-01-01
Series:Silva Fennica
Online Access:https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/5144