Buffalo State College: Surprising Level of Biodiversity Found Among WNY Lichen Populations
August 06, 2019
August 06, 2019
BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 6 -- Buffalo State College issued the following news release:
The iron smelters and coal-fired power plants may be gone, but the imprint of a rust-belt region's industrial legacy remains in its lichen communities. Lichens are the proverbial "canaries in the coal mine" when it comes to looking at the damaging effects of pollution in a given area, said Robert J. Warren, associate professor of biology.
Lichens are plantlike organisms, actu . . .
The iron smelters and coal-fired power plants may be gone, but the imprint of a rust-belt region's industrial legacy remains in its lichen communities. Lichens are the proverbial "canaries in the coal mine" when it comes to looking at the damaging effects of pollution in a given area, said Robert J. Warren, associate professor of biology.
Lichens are plantlike organisms, actu . . .