Identification of most tolerant lichen species to vehicular traffic’s pollutants: a case study at Batu Pahat

Bio-indicators are organisms that can be used for the identification and qualitative determination of human generated environmental factors. The decreasing population of sensitive lichens in specific regions around the world due to low air quality level has make lichens as a bio-indicator for air po...

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Main Authors: Muhammad, Norhayati, Hashim, Nor Haslina, Khairuddin, Nur Ain, Yusof, Hasliza, Jusoh, Samsiah, Abas, Azlan, A. Talip, Balkis, Abdullah, Norazlin, Din, Laily
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Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4853/1/AJ%202018%20%28126%29.pdf
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author Muhammad, Norhayati
Hashim, Nor Haslina
Khairuddin, Nur Ain
Yusof, Hasliza
Jusoh, Samsiah
Abas, Azlan
A. Talip, Balkis
Abdullah, Norazlin
Din, Laily
author_facet Muhammad, Norhayati
Hashim, Nor Haslina
Khairuddin, Nur Ain
Yusof, Hasliza
Jusoh, Samsiah
Abas, Azlan
A. Talip, Balkis
Abdullah, Norazlin
Din, Laily
author_sort Muhammad, Norhayati
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description Bio-indicators are organisms that can be used for the identification and qualitative determination of human generated environmental factors. The decreasing population of sensitive lichens in specific regions around the world due to low air quality level has make lichens as a bio-indicator for air pollution. Lichen is a result of symbiotic association of fungus and alga and well known for having wide variety of sensitivity towards environmental stressors such as air quality and climate change. This study aims to identify the most tolerant lichen species to vehicular traffic’s pollutant at Batu Pahat urban and suburban areas by using Index of Atmospheric Purity (IAP) method. The color spot test, thin layer chromatography (TLC) profiling and morphological analysis were employed for species identification. The results have shown that Dirinaria picta has been identified as the most tolerant lichen against pollutants from vehicle traffic. The results also indicated that the air quality of Batu Pahat town/urban area could be considered as moderately clean.
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spelling uthm.eprints-48532021-12-21T07:41:10Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4853/ Identification of most tolerant lichen species to vehicular traffic’s pollutants: a case study at Batu Pahat Muhammad, Norhayati Hashim, Nor Haslina Khairuddin, Nur Ain Yusof, Hasliza Jusoh, Samsiah Abas, Azlan A. Talip, Balkis Abdullah, Norazlin Din, Laily T Technology (General) TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD194-195 Environmental effects of industries and plants TD878-894 Special types of environment, Including soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution Bio-indicators are organisms that can be used for the identification and qualitative determination of human generated environmental factors. The decreasing population of sensitive lichens in specific regions around the world due to low air quality level has make lichens as a bio-indicator for air pollution. Lichen is a result of symbiotic association of fungus and alga and well known for having wide variety of sensitivity towards environmental stressors such as air quality and climate change. This study aims to identify the most tolerant lichen species to vehicular traffic’s pollutant at Batu Pahat urban and suburban areas by using Index of Atmospheric Purity (IAP) method. The color spot test, thin layer chromatography (TLC) profiling and morphological analysis were employed for species identification. The results have shown that Dirinaria picta has been identified as the most tolerant lichen against pollutants from vehicle traffic. The results also indicated that the air quality of Batu Pahat town/urban area could be considered as moderately clean. Penerbit Akademia Baru 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4853/1/AJ%202018%20%28126%29.pdf Muhammad, Norhayati and Hashim, Nor Haslina and Khairuddin, Nur Ain and Yusof, Hasliza and Jusoh, Samsiah and Abas, Azlan and A. Talip, Balkis and Abdullah, Norazlin and Din, Laily (2018) Identification of most tolerant lichen species to vehicular traffic’s pollutants: a case study at Batu Pahat. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 42 (1). pp. 57-64. ISSN 2289-7879
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TD194-195 Environmental effects of industries and plants
TD878-894 Special types of environment, Including soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution
Muhammad, Norhayati
Hashim, Nor Haslina
Khairuddin, Nur Ain
Yusof, Hasliza
Jusoh, Samsiah
Abas, Azlan
A. Talip, Balkis
Abdullah, Norazlin
Din, Laily
Identification of most tolerant lichen species to vehicular traffic’s pollutants: a case study at Batu Pahat
title Identification of most tolerant lichen species to vehicular traffic’s pollutants: a case study at Batu Pahat
title_full Identification of most tolerant lichen species to vehicular traffic’s pollutants: a case study at Batu Pahat
title_fullStr Identification of most tolerant lichen species to vehicular traffic’s pollutants: a case study at Batu Pahat
title_full_unstemmed Identification of most tolerant lichen species to vehicular traffic’s pollutants: a case study at Batu Pahat
title_short Identification of most tolerant lichen species to vehicular traffic’s pollutants: a case study at Batu Pahat
title_sort identification of most tolerant lichen species to vehicular traffic s pollutants a case study at batu pahat
topic T Technology (General)
TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TD194-195 Environmental effects of industries and plants
TD878-894 Special types of environment, Including soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4853/1/AJ%202018%20%28126%29.pdf
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