Month: June 2021
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The Lichen Research and Conservation Group started its field-works.
The Lichen Research and Conservation Group started its field-works.This time the scientific group was studying the lichens found near Dilijan National Park. 🔎🔬We perform sampling of lichens for biodiversity research and we store samples in a herbarium, we perform barcoding; molecular research and use the collected samples for a other laboratory experiments. 📌All students who…
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Lichens accumulate micro-plastic from the environment
The aim of this study was to assess if lichens (Flavoparmelia caperata) surrounding a landfill dumping site in Italy accumulated higher amounts of micro-plastics compared with lichens at more distant sites.Lichen samples were collected at three sites along a transect from the landfill: close (directly facing the landfill), intermediate (200 m), and remote (1500 m).…