Air pollution in a tropical city: the relationship between wind direction and lichen bio-indicators in San José, Costa Rica

Lichens are good bio-indicators of air pollution, but in most tropical countries there are few studies on the subject; however, in the city of San José, Costa Rica, the relationship between air pollution and lichens has been studied for decades. In this article we evaluate the hypothesis that air po...

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Main Authors: Erich Neurohr Bustamante, Julián Monge-Nájera, María Isabel González Lutz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2011-06-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442011000200028