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Successful lichen translocation on disturbed gypsum areas: A test with adhesives to promote the recovery of biological soil crusts

The loss of biological soil crusts represents a challenge for the restoration of disturbed environments, specifically in particular substrates hosting unique lichen communities. However, the recovery of lichen species affected by mining is rarely addressed in restoration projects. Here, we evaluate...

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Autores principales: Ballesteros, M., Ayerbe, J., Casares, M., Cañadas, E. M., Lorite, J.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5377308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28367957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep45606
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author Ballesteros, M.
Ayerbe, J.
Casares, M.
Cañadas, E. M.
Lorite, J.
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description The loss of biological soil crusts represents a challenge for the restoration of disturbed environments, specifically in particular substrates hosting unique lichen communities. However, the recovery of lichen species affected by mining is rarely addressed in restoration projects. Here, we evaluate the translocation of Diploschistes diacapsis, a representative species of gypsum lichen communities affected by quarrying. We tested how a selection of adhesives could improve thallus attachment to the substrate and affect lichen vitality (as CO(2) exchange and fluorescence) in rainfall-simulation and field experiments. Treatments included: white glue, water, hydroseeding stabiliser, gum arabic, synthetic resin, and a control with no adhesive. Attachment differed only in the field, where white glue and water performed best. Adhesives altered CO(2) exchange and fluorescence yield. Notably, wet spoils allowed thalli to bind to the substrate after drying, revealing as the most suitable option for translocation. The satisfactory results applying water on gypsum spoils are encouraging to test this methodology with other lichen species. Implementing these measures in restoration projects would be relatively easy and cost-effective. It would help not only to recover lichen species in the disturbed areas but also to take advantage of an extremely valuable biological material that otherwise would be lost.
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spelling pubmed-53773082017-04-10 Successful lichen translocation on disturbed gypsum areas: A test with adhesives to promote the recovery of biological soil crusts Ballesteros, M. Ayerbe, J. Casares, M. Cañadas, E. M. Lorite, J. Sci Rep Article The loss of biological soil crusts represents a challenge for the restoration of disturbed environments, specifically in particular substrates hosting unique lichen communities. However, the recovery of lichen species affected by mining is rarely addressed in restoration projects. Here, we evaluate the translocation of Diploschistes diacapsis, a representative species of gypsum lichen communities affected by quarrying. We tested how a selection of adhesives could improve thallus attachment to the substrate and affect lichen vitality (as CO(2) exchange and fluorescence) in rainfall-simulation and field experiments. Treatments included: white glue, water, hydroseeding stabiliser, gum arabic, synthetic resin, and a control with no adhesive. Attachment differed only in the field, where white glue and water performed best. Adhesives altered CO(2) exchange and fluorescence yield. Notably, wet spoils allowed thalli to bind to the substrate after drying, revealing as the most suitable option for translocation. The satisfactory results applying water on gypsum spoils are encouraging to test this methodology with other lichen species. Implementing these measures in restoration projects would be relatively easy and cost-effective. It would help not only to recover lichen species in the disturbed areas but also to take advantage of an extremely valuable biological material that otherwise would be lost. Nature Publishing Group 2017-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5377308/ /pubmed/28367957 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep45606 Text en Copyright © 2017, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Cañadas, E. M.
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Successful lichen translocation on disturbed gypsum areas: A test with adhesives to promote the recovery of biological soil crusts
title Successful lichen translocation on disturbed gypsum areas: A test with adhesives to promote the recovery of biological soil crusts
title_full Successful lichen translocation on disturbed gypsum areas: A test with adhesives to promote the recovery of biological soil crusts
title_fullStr Successful lichen translocation on disturbed gypsum areas: A test with adhesives to promote the recovery of biological soil crusts
title_full_unstemmed Successful lichen translocation on disturbed gypsum areas: A test with adhesives to promote the recovery of biological soil crusts
title_short Successful lichen translocation on disturbed gypsum areas: A test with adhesives to promote the recovery of biological soil crusts
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5377308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28367957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep45606
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