Buellia dispersa (Lichens) Used as Bio-Indicator for Air Pollution Transport: A Case Study within the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (USA)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-17-2017
Publication Title
Environments
Volume
2017
Issue
4
First page number:
94
Last page number:
113
Abstract
Analyses of lichen biomass (Buellia dispersa), when compared to windrose diagrams, shows pathways of airborne pollutant transport across the Las Vegas Valley. The west and north sectors of the Las Vegas Valley contained the lowest target contaminates (e.g., Cr, Cu, Co, Pb, Ni) and the highest NO3− while the east....
Keywords
Las Vegas, Buellia dispersa, lichen, air pollution, trace metals, nitrates, windrose
Language
eng
Repository Citation
Sims, D. B.,
Hudson, A.,
Park, J. H.,
Hodge, V. F.,
Porter, H.,
Spaulding, W.
(2017).
Buellia dispersa (Lichens) Used as Bio-Indicator for Air Pollution Transport: A Case Study within the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (USA).
Environments, 2017(4),
94-113.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environments4040094