Antarctic Studies Show Lichens to be Excellent Biomonitors of Climate Change
Lichens have been used as biomonitors for multiple purposes. They are well-known as air pollution indicators around urban and industrial centers. More recently, several attempts have been made to use lichens as monitors of climate change especially in alpine and polar regions. In this paper, we revi...
Published in: | Diversity |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2019
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3390/d11030042 |
id |
ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/1424-2818/11/3/42/ |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/1424-2818/11/3/42/ 2023-08-20T04:00:38+02:00 Antarctic Studies Show Lichens to be Excellent Biomonitors of Climate Change Leopoldo G. Sancho Ana Pintado T. G. Allan Green agris 2019-03-19 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/d11030042 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Plant Diversity https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d11030042 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Diversity; Volume 11; Issue 3; Pages: 42 Antarctica biomonitoring lichens growth rate diversity temperature precipitation climate change Text 2019 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/d11030042 2023-07-31T22:07:39Z Lichens have been used as biomonitors for multiple purposes. They are well-known as air pollution indicators around urban and industrial centers. More recently, several attempts have been made to use lichens as monitors of climate change especially in alpine and polar regions. In this paper, we review the value of saxicolous lichens for monitoring environmental changes in Antarctic regions. The pristine Antarctica offers a unique opportunity to study the effects of climate change along a latitudinal gradient that extends between 62° and 87° S. Both lichen species diversity and thallus growth rate seem to show significant correlations to mean annual temperature for gradients across the continent as well as to short time climate oscillation in the Antarctic Peninsula. Competition interactions appear to be small so that individual thalli develop in balance with environmental conditions and, as a result, can indicate the trends in productivity for discrete time intervals over long periods of time. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica MDPI Open Access Publishing Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Diversity 11 3 42 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
MDPI Open Access Publishing |
op_collection_id |
ftmdpi |
language |
English |
topic |
Antarctica biomonitoring lichens growth rate diversity temperature precipitation climate change |
spellingShingle |
Antarctica biomonitoring lichens growth rate diversity temperature precipitation climate change Leopoldo G. Sancho Ana Pintado T. G. Allan Green Antarctic Studies Show Lichens to be Excellent Biomonitors of Climate Change |
topic_facet |
Antarctica biomonitoring lichens growth rate diversity temperature precipitation climate change |
description |
Lichens have been used as biomonitors for multiple purposes. They are well-known as air pollution indicators around urban and industrial centers. More recently, several attempts have been made to use lichens as monitors of climate change especially in alpine and polar regions. In this paper, we review the value of saxicolous lichens for monitoring environmental changes in Antarctic regions. The pristine Antarctica offers a unique opportunity to study the effects of climate change along a latitudinal gradient that extends between 62° and 87° S. Both lichen species diversity and thallus growth rate seem to show significant correlations to mean annual temperature for gradients across the continent as well as to short time climate oscillation in the Antarctic Peninsula. Competition interactions appear to be small so that individual thalli develop in balance with environmental conditions and, as a result, can indicate the trends in productivity for discrete time intervals over long periods of time. |
format |
Text |
author |
Leopoldo G. Sancho Ana Pintado T. G. Allan Green |
author_facet |
Leopoldo G. Sancho Ana Pintado T. G. Allan Green |
author_sort |
Leopoldo G. Sancho |
title |
Antarctic Studies Show Lichens to be Excellent Biomonitors of Climate Change |
title_short |
Antarctic Studies Show Lichens to be Excellent Biomonitors of Climate Change |
title_full |
Antarctic Studies Show Lichens to be Excellent Biomonitors of Climate Change |
title_fullStr |
Antarctic Studies Show Lichens to be Excellent Biomonitors of Climate Change |
title_full_unstemmed |
Antarctic Studies Show Lichens to be Excellent Biomonitors of Climate Change |
title_sort |
antarctic studies show lichens to be excellent biomonitors of climate change |
publisher |
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
publishDate |
2019 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.3390/d11030042 |
op_coverage |
agris |
geographic |
Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula |
geographic_facet |
Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula |
genre |
Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica |
genre_facet |
Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica |
op_source |
Diversity; Volume 11; Issue 3; Pages: 42 |
op_relation |
Plant Diversity https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d11030042 |
op_rights |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.3390/d11030042 |
container_title |
Diversity |
container_volume |
11 |
container_issue |
3 |
container_start_page |
42 |
_version_ |
1774719474118688768 |