Monitoring air quality with lichen: A feasibility study

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Douglas, G.W.
  • Skorepa, A.C.

• A study was undertaken in 1975 to determine the scientific, technical and economic feasibility of establishing air pollution effect gradients using lichenological methods on a radially arranged pattern of observation sites. The data acquired from 12 lichen sample plots indicate that the flora is sufficiently rich and widespread to allow establishment of a lichen air quality monitoring system. A grid network, containing 56 permanent plots, will provide adequate coverage of the region. Partial resurveys should be conducted annually, at least during the first years of the Syncrude plant's operation. Complete resurveys will only be required if a partial resurvey indicates adverse changes are occurring.

• Date created

  1976

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Oil Sands
  • Biomonitoring
  • Oil sands
  • Tar Sands
  • Tar sands
  • Syncrude
  • Air Quality
  • Alberta
  • Lichen
  • Environmental Research Monograph 1976-2
  • Canada, Alberta, Fort McMurray

• Type of Item

  Report

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R35H7BT80

• License

  Conditions of Use Douglas, G.W. and A.C. Skorepa, 1976. Monitoring air quality with lichen: A feasibility study. Syncrude Canada Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta. Environmental Research Monograph 1976-2. 69 pp. Permission for non-commercial use, publication or presentation of excerpts or figures is granted, provided appropriate attribution (as above) is cited. Commercial reproduction, in whole or in part, is not permitted without prior written consent. The use of these materials by the end user is done without any affiliation with or endorsement by Syncrude Canada Ltd. Reliance upon the end user's use of these materials is at the sole risk of the end user.