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Chlorophyll in lichens is very sensitive to changes in environmental factors including air pollution. It degrades into phaeophytin upon exposure to acid deposition and heavy metals [10, 8, 9], Changes in chlorophyll and phaeophytin content can be used to assess changes in air quality [2, 4, 6, 13]. This method can be used to detect early stages of damage prior to responses in growth and morphology of a species, so that preventive and protective measures can be introduced.
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Boonpragob, K. (2002). Monitoring Physiological Change in Lichens: Total Chlorophyll Content and Chlorophyll Degradation. In: Nimis, P.L., Scheidegger, C., Wolseley, P.A. (eds) Monitoring with Lichens — Monitoring Lichens. NATO Science Series, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0423-7_28
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