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EFFECTS OF A 'CLEAN' COAL-FIRED POWER GENERATING STATION ON FOUR COMMON WISCONSIN LICHEN SPECIES
Citation:
Will-Wolf, S. EFFECTS OF A 'CLEAN' COAL-FIRED POWER GENERATING STATION ON FOUR COMMON WISCONSIN LICHEN SPECIES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-80/439.
Description:
Algal plasmolysis percentages and other morphological characteristics of Parmelia bolliana, P. caperata, P. rudecta, and Physicia millegrana were compared for specimens growing near to and far from a rural coal-fired generating station in south central Wisconsin. SO2 levels were 389 micrograms/cu m, maximum 1 hr level, and 5-9 micrograms/cu m, annual averages. Parmelia bolliana and P. caperata showed evidence of morphological alterations near the station; P. rudecta and Physcia millegrana did not. (Copyright (c) 1980 by the American Bryological and Lichenological Society, Inc.)