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| Mauro TretiachSummaryAffiliation: University of Trieste Country: Italy Publications
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Lichen and moss bags as monitoring devices in urban areas. Part I: influence of exposure on sample vitalityM Tretiach
Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita di Trieste, Via L Giorgieri 10, I 34127 Trieste, Italy
Environ Pollut 146:380-91. 2007..The difference in vitality loss was related to the different ecophysiology of the species, because concentrations of phytotoxic pollutants were low during exposure. Critical notes on the analytical techniques are also given...
Heat shock treatments: a new safe approach against lichen growth on outdoor stone surfacesMauro Tretiach
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Universita degli Studi di Trieste, I 34127 Trieste, Italy
Environ Sci Technol 46:6851-9. 2012..The new protocol is simple, the field equipment cheap, and the negative effects associated with standard biocide treatments are absent...
Effects of ambient NOx on chlorophyll a fluorescence in transplanted Flavoparmelia caperata (Lichen)Mauro Tretiach
Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita degli Studi di Trieste, Via L Giorgieri 10, 1 34127 Trieste, Italy
Environ Sci Technol 41:2978-84. 2007..Effects of NOx on lichens and possible action mechanisms are discussed. The results strongly suggest that CaF measurements of lichen transplants can be a valid tool in biomonitoring studies...
Lichen transplants as a suitable tool to identify mercury pollution from waste incinerators: a case study from NE ItalyMauro Tretiach
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Universita di Trieste, Via L Giorgieri 10, 34127, Trieste, Italy
Environ Monit Assess 175:589-600. 2011..It was concluded that, although the immediate risk for the population living close to the incinerator is low, long-term hazard due to Hg accumulation in the surrounding environment should be seriously taken into account...
Influence of exposure sites on trace element enrichment in moss-bags and characterization of particles deposited on the biomonitor surfaceM Tretiach
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Universita degli Studi di Trieste, Via L Giorgieri 10, Trieste, Italy
Sci Total Environ 409:822-30. 2011..2%) belongs in the inhalable, small size classes (≤PM(10)). The need for careful selection of the exposure sites during the phase of biomonitoring planning is discussed...
Water availability modifies tolerance to photo-oxidative pollutants in transplants of the lichen Flavoparmelia caperataMauro Tretiach
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Universita degli Studi di Trieste, Via L Giorgieri, 10, 34127, Trieste, Italy
Oecologia 168:589-99. 2012..Our results re-open the discussion on the so-called "drought hypothesis", which suggests that the lichen desert observed in urban areas of central and eastern Europe is more a matter of dry microclimate than of air pollution...
Photosynthesis in chlorolichens: the influence of the habitat light regimeMassimo Piccotto
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Universita degli Studi di Trieste, Via L Giorgieri, 10, 34127, Trieste, Italy
J Plant Res 123:763-75. 2010..Like leaves, shade tolerant lichens emit more ChlaF than sun-loving ones, whereas the photosynthetic quantum conversion is higher in the latter...
FT-Raman spectroscopy of lichens on dolomitic rocks: an assessment of metal oxalate formationHowell G M Edwards
Department of Chemical and Forensic Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK BD7 1DP
Analyst 128:1218-21. 2003..massiliensis and Tephromela atra produce significant quantities of the dihydrate. An explanation is advanced for the exclusive accumulation of calcium oxalate into the lichen thallus despite the significant presence of magnesium ions...
A combined molecular and morphological approach to species delimitation in black-fruited, endolithic Caloplaca: high genetic and low morphological diversityLucia Muggia
Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Karl Franzens Universitat Graz, Holteigasse 6, Graz, Austria
Mycol Res 112:36-49. 2008..A phylogenetic analysis, including already available Caloplaca sequence data, revealed that these lichens form a monophyletic group within the genus. For each species, notes on ecology, distribution in Italy, and nomenclature are given...
