National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Lichens and Air Quality
Nortrup M. 2011. National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Lichens and Air Quality. National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring
This brief describes results of lichen monitoring in relation to air quality in the National Capital Region Network including these parks: Catoctin Mountain Park, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal NHP, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Harpers Ferry NHP, Manasass NBP, National Mall and Memorial Parks, National Capital Parks - East, Prince William Forest Park, and Rock Creek Park. Describes heavy metal content of pollution-tolerant lichen Flavoparmelia caperata sampled at each park (in 2004, 2006, and 2009) and lead levels measured in Plummers Island lichen over a 100 year period.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Nortrup, Megan
- Date of Issue
- 2011-07
- Publisher
- National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring
- Units
- CATO , CHOH , GWMP , HAFE , MANA , NACE , NAMA , NCR , NCRN , PRWI , ROCR
- Keywords
- Air Pollution, Air Quality, bark-dwelling lichen, Biomonitoring, CATO, Catoctin Mountain Park, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, CHOH, Flavoparmelia caperata, George Washington Memorial Parkway, GWMP, HAFE, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Heavy Metals, I&M, Inventory & Monitoring, Lead, Lichens, MANA, Manasass National Battlefield Park, NACE, NAMA, National Capital Parks - East, National Capital Region, National Capital Region Network, National Mall and Memorial Parks, NCR, NCRN, NCRN Air Brief, NCRN Air Quality, Pb, Plummers Island, Prince William Forest Park, PRWI, Rock Creek Park, ROCR