Book of Abstracts
Book of Abstracts
Book of Abstracts
abstracts
XXII Symposium of
Cryptogamic Botany
Cristina Branquinho First, we would like to thank you all for joining
president of the scientific
this symposium. We are very happy with this year
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edition, which is an excellent show-case of the
main scientific advances on the last two years
Juliana Monteiro | of research in cryptogamic botany. The program
Pedro Pinho | Helena has four invited talks, a selection of 9 hot-topics
Serrano | Bernardo sessions and a poster session, all intended to be
Rocha a of learning and discussion. We are also going
to award a prize to the best oral and poster
student presentations, sponsored by the Marine
and Environmental Sciences Centre - MARE.
The symposium counts also with a busy social
program. We will have a welcome reception at
Lisbon's Greenhouse, and the opening of an
art exhibition inspired in cryptogamic diversity,
"Hidden Diversity", with Lisbon Municipality
support and integrating the program of Lisbon
European Green Capital 2020.
All this has been possible thanks to your work,
to our sponsors' support and to our team
engagement. We do hope you enjoy your
attendance at XXII SCB 2019!
committees
organizing committee Paula Matos (president) cE3c, Faculdade de Cências,
Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
09:30 - 10:00
ecophysiology II
biogeography II
management &
systematics &
biodiversity &
conservation
10:00 - 11:00 plenary session I
physiology &
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global change II
global change I
biogeography I
systematics &
biomonitoring
environments
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invited talks
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Diversity, phylogeny and evolution of
lichen-inhabiting basidiomycetes
Ana María Millanes Lichens are complex systems that, in addition to the
Romero mycobiont and the photobiont, harbor a diversity of
Departamento de Biología y organisms, including both bacteria and fungi other
Geología, Física y Química than the mycobiont. Among the lichen-inhabiting
Inorgánica y Analítica fungi the term “endolichenic” was coined to refer
(ESCET), Universidad Rey
to endophytic-like fungi living asymptomatically
Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
inside lichens, whereas the term “lichenicolous” was
generally used for mostly macroscopically visible
fungi living on them. There are currently up to 2319
species of lichenicolous fungi described, which
belong both in Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.
Lichenicolous basidiomycetes include only a
handful of generalists, and most taxa are very
host-specific. The latter include, among others,
genera in the Pucciniomycotina (Chionosphaera
and Cyphobasidium) and in the Tremellomycetes
(Heteroacanthella, Heterocephalacria, Syzygospora
and Tremella s. l.). The Tremellomycetes as a group
are also interesting in that they include, apart from
lichenicolous fungi, representatives with a variety of
nutritional habits, their actual diversity and evolution
are still poorly known, and they exhibit remarkable
coevolutionary patterns with their hosts. Host-
specialization has in fact revealed as an important
driver of speciation in lichenicolous basidiomycetes.
Both Cyphobasidium and Tremella are dimorphic
fungi, which means that they include a haploid
yeast phase and a dikaryotic filamentous phase
in their lifecycle, and it has recently been shown
that species growing on Parmeliaceae are able to
complete their life cycle within the lichen thallus. In
the last years molecular phylogenetics, studies on
character evolution, species delimitation methods
and cophylogeny analyses have increased our
understanding of these fascinating fungi. Relevant
results on the diversity, systematics and evolution
of lichenicolous basidiomycetes are presented,
together with an outline for future prospects.
2
New and old paradigms in
photoprotection and photoinhibition of
photosynthesis: lessons from algae
3
Niche, environmental responses,
species interactions, biogeographical
processes and the dynamics ecological
local communities and regional
assemblages
5
6
systematics & evolution
7
oral communications
Species delimitation in the Tremella
ramalinae complex
9
Australasian Hypnodendrales
(Bryophyta): addressing unresolved
taxonomic and phylogenetic questions
10
Species boundaries in European
species of Inocybe sect. Cervicolores
(Agaricales, Basidiomycota) through a
multigene phylogeny
11
About the presence of the lichen genus
Anzia in the Canary Islands
12
Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Polytrichum
sect. Polytrichum (Polytrichaceae;
Bryophyta)
13
Evaluation of three methods for amino-
acid substitution model estimation
14
Gametophyte phylogeny and
gametophytic character evolution in
Pteridaceae subfam. Cheilanthoideae
(Pteridaceae, Polypodiopsida): testing
cladistic tools for gametophytic data
15
Family and genus delimitation within
the Lichinomycetes
16
Revisiting the concept of indusia in the
Blechnaceae (Polypodiopsida)
17
Further information about origins and
evolution of the fern Asplenium x aran-
tohanum, a rare hybrid endemic to the
Iberian Peninsula
18
Análisis filogenómico del orden
Ceramiales (Rhodophyta):
implicaciones para la clasificación
19
Systematics of the genus Lomaridium
C. Presl (Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida):
preliminary results
20
Approximation to solve the systematics
of the complex Parablechnum cordatum
(Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida)
Sonia Molino1, Rubén The genus Parablechnum is the largest in the family
Vázquez1, Jose María Blechnaceae with 66 species. It occurs in tropical-
Gabriel y Galán1, María subtropical America, Austropacific and South Africa.
Vicent1, Andrea Seral1, The classification of the genus may not be reliable
Sofía Ruano1 enough due to the lack of a complete phylogeny
and the lack of consensus among authors, as
1
Unit of Botany, Department not all consider the same number of species.
of Biodiversity, Ecology and
Evolution, Faculty of Biology,
This is the case of the complex Parablechnum
Universidad Complutense de cordatum. Parablechnum cordatum, P. chilense and
Madrid. Avenida Jose Antonio P. schiedeanum are 3 similar species which are
Nováis, 12. 28040-Madrid, difficult to discriminate by classical taxonomical
Spain
characters, so they have been treated as different
species by some authors and as synonyms of P.
cordatum by others. First molecular approaches
show that they could be different species.
In addition, some other taxa are similar to these
species and, in our opinion, deserve further research.
This is the case of P. falciforme, which is accepted
as a different species but has morphological
features that resembles plants of this complex.
Also, Blechnum varians, which has been treated
as a synonym of P. schiedeanum and thus has not
been included in the new classification but presents
some characters that make it somehow easy
to separate it morphologically from the rest. Our
aim is to complete the molecular study with more
samples including P. falciforme and B. varians and
make a morphological and anatomical study which
provides taxonomic characters to discriminate the
different species within the complex.
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poster communications
Widespread stomatal degeneration
in the pleurocarpous moss family
Brachytheciaceae
23
Ontogeny of internal cephalodia in the
lichen Ricasolia virens (With.) H.H.
Blom & Tønsberg, a novel research
(CGL2016-79158-P)(PROMETEO/2017/039)
24
Hongos liquenícolas de Isla Livingston
(Antártida)
25
Study of the gametophytic phase of
Diplazium caudatum (Athyriaceae,
Polypodiopsida)
26
Molecular study on the genus
Schistidium (Grimmiaceae, Bryophyta)
in the South of the Iberian Peninsula
27
Physcia (Physciaceae, Caliciales) from
Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil: ten
new records and two new species
28
DNA Barcoding of Parmotrema s.l.
(Parmeliaceae) in the Atlantic Rain
Forest of the extreme south of Brazil
29
Illumina assay reveals habitat/location
as the main factor driving microalgal
diversity in Ramalina farinacea
30
Contenido de ADN y modelo nuclear en
el género Plocamium J.V. Lamouroux
31
Morpho-anatomical observations
towards a global understanding of the
genus Cranfillia Gasper & V.A.O. Dittrich
(Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida)
32
Breaking a lichen relationship: looking
at the mycobiont when the photobiont
has gone
33
Study of the gametophytic phase
of Amphineuron immersum
(Thelypteridaceae, Polypodiopsida)
Sofía Ruano1, Jose The gametophytic phase is a stage in the life cycle
María Gabriel y of a fern that is generally quite unknown especially
Galán1, Sonia Molino1, in some species with tropical distribution such
Andrea Seral1, Rubén as those of the family Thelypteridaceae. The
Vázquez1 aim of the work is to describe this phase of the
tropical species Amphineuron immersum, with a
1
Unit of Botany, Department distribution in the islands of Southeast Asia and
of Biodiversity, Ecology and
Evolution, Faculty of Biology,
North Oceania, which includes the germination
Universidad Complutense de rate and morphological study of each of the
Madrid. Avenida Jose Antonio most important phases of development. For this
Nováis, 12. 28040-Madrid, purpose, spores were extracted from a single
Spain
specimen and spores were sown in Petri dishes
with nutritive agar at 22ºC, with a photoperiod
of 12+12 hours. The germination rate was
recorded every three days counting one hundred
spores randomly. In less than three weeks a
germination rate of 47% is reached, being the
germination pattern of the Vittaria type. The
ontogenetic development model conforms to the
Drynaria type. The adult gametophyte reaches
the cordated-thalloid form by the fourth week
presenting abundant simple, unicellular secretory
hairs on both surfaces and all over the margin.
The majority of the prothalli are unisexual, with the
females developing first. Female gametophytes
have been shown to produce anteroidiogen. In
addition, older gametophytes present vegetative
reproduction.
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Sporangia and spores as characters to
support the separation of Spicantopsis
and Struthiopteris (Blechnaceae,
Polypodiopsida)
35
36
physiology & ecophysiology
37
Adaptations to environmental stresses:
the case of Seirophora villosa (Ach.)
Frödén
38
Which is the role of state-transitions in
the photoprotection of lichen phycobionts
during desiccation/rehydration cycles?
39
Quantification of nitrate reductase
enzyme activity in Ramalina farinacea and
its isolated phycobionts
40
What might be the early function of the
phytochelatin synthase enzyme?
41
Characterization of extracellular
components in dessication-tolerant
lichen microalgae
42
Facilitation effects of moss vegetative
shoots and spores on Dicranum
germination and early development
43
Is ABA involved in the responses of the
symbiotic green microalga Trebouxia sp.
TR9 to dehydration?
(CGL2016-79158-P) (PROMETEO/2017/039).
44
Ecophysiology studies on different strains
of Coolia monotis from the Portuguese
coast
45
A multidisciplinary approach to the
lichen-nitrogen relation
46
How tissue expansion occurs in the
thick-walled prosoplectenchyma of the
lichen Ramalina usnea
47
poster communications
How do liverworts from different
geographic regions deal with water
availability?
49
Analysis of phycobionts by fourier
transform-near infrared spectroscopy
(FT-NIRS)
50
Variability of hydration traits in the
lichen genus Ramalina and its relation
with habitat and thallus anatomy
51
The importance of hydration traits in the
radiation of the Macaronesian Ramalina
decipiens group (Ramalinaceae,
lichenized Ascomycota)
52
Monitoring moss growth and
physiological state using a low-cost
image analysis system
53
Preliminary study of chlorophyll:
a fluorescence measurement in
bryophyte Syntrichia ruralis [Hedw]
from different microhabitats in semi-
arid grasslands, Hungary
54
Hydration traits in epiphytic lichens
of fragmented subcantabric Quercus
forests
55
56
global change & long-term
57
oral communications
Effects of fragmentation on fungal-algal
interaction networks
59
Facing the challenges of climate and
hydrological change: a case study on the
distribution of western oceanic riverine
bryophytes
61
Impacts of ocean acidification on
macroalgae communities: evidence from
a natural laboratory
63
Historic herbaria offer first-hand data
for global change, long-term ecology
and documenting cryptogams
64
Modelling the invasibility of Campylopus
introflexus: a spatiotemporal framework
65
The phylogenetic diversity of biocrust
lichens is maintained along multiple
gradients of fragmentation
66
Assessing habitat determinants in the
southern border of Blechum spicant
(Pteridophyta): a perspective of range
margin dynamics
67
Rapid shifts in lichen trait diversity due
to recent climate change
68
Are functional, phylogenetic and
taxonomic optimal climatic niches
congruent along a wide latitudinal
gradient?
69
Comparative effect of climate change
on the germination dynamics of tropical
and temperate fern species
73
74
urban environments
75
oral communications
Testing the poleotolerance lichen
response trait as an indicator of
anthropic disturbance in an urban
environment
77
Differential physiological responses to
nitrogen pollution by lichen Trebouxia
phycobionts
78
Tools to measure the provision of
ecosystem services by cities green
infrastructure to create more livable
and resilient cities
79
LiquenCity: A citizen science project to
explore lichen diversity and air quality
in Madrid and Barcelona
83
84
extreme environments
85
oral communications
The cryptogamic cover in the Antarctica:
the response to the temperature
discriminates Antarctic and
cosmopolitan species
87
Epiphytic diatoms on Deception Island
(Antarctica): effects of host macroalgae
phylum on diatom size
88
Estructura de la comunidad bacteriana
asociada al desarollo de cubiertas
de musgos y líquenes en suelos
deglaciados
89
Growing in the dark: bryophytes
from Terceira Island (Azores) at cave
entrances
90
Is morphology inducing desiccation
tolerance in bryophytes?
91
Towards a worldwide checklist of lichens
living in gypsum soils
Sergio Muriel¹, Isabel Lichens are one of the dominant life-forms in arid
Martínez¹, Gregorio ecosystems, including gypsum soils. Although there
Aragón¹, María Prieto¹ has been a high number of studies focused on these
organisms, their taxonomy, ecology and functionality,
1
Departamento de Biología until the moment it does not exist a review of lichens
y Geología, Física y Química
Inorgánica, Universidad Rey
growing on gypsum soils. Additionally, as the affinity
Juan Carlos, C/Tulipán s/n, for the substrate is variable, it should be necessary
28933, Madrid, Spain to study this affinity for the gypsum substrate. In
order to solve these questions, we have compiled a
worldwide checklist of lichens growing on gypsum
areas and soils. We have searched in different
bibliographic data bases using different key words
related with substrate and bibliographic information
from countries where gypsum soils occur. As a result,
we have checked a total of 283 articles in which
we have found information about 26 countries.
The checklist includes 5392 specimens, with 381
terricolous and saxicolous species from gypsum
soils. Spain and Germany, with 179 and 106 species,
respectively, were the countries for which more data
and more species were found. It is important to
note the low or absent number of species found in
countries of the southern hemisphere (i.e. Australia
or Chile).We compared and discussed similarities
between countries. We have further analysed the
species occurrences in gypsum substrates and
found a gradient in their gypsum affinity: from
strict gypsophiles to gypsovags, but also species
accidentally growing on gypsum substrates or with
different degrees of appearance.
92
93
poster communications
Epiphytic diatoms on Deception Island
(Antarctica): observation of specific
pairings of epiphytes and macroalgal
hosts
95
Bryophytes in mining areas: the case of
study of “Su Suergiu”, South-Eastern
Sardinia (Italy)
96
Taxonomic and functional diversity
of lichens along an environmental
gradient in gypsum soils
María Prieto³, Luca Lichens are among the most important organisms
Di Nuzzo¹, Renato in gypsum soils, where they contribute to the total
García², Sergio diversity and biomass of these environments.
Muriel³, Isabel In the Iberian Peninsula, drivers shaping lichen
Martínez³, Gregorio communities are quite well-known. Still, some
Aragón³ main drivers that could influence lichen diversity
in these communities are poorly investigated.
1
Department of Biology, The aim of this work is to analyze the changes
University of Florence, Via La
Pira 4, 50121 Firenze, Italy
on the taxonomic and functional diversity and
2
Laboratorio de Biodiversidad composition of gypsum lichen communities
y Genética Ambiental along an environmental gradient in Spain. For
(BioGeA), Universidad this purpose, we sampled these communities
Nacional de Avellaneda,
Mario Bravo 1460, 1870
by establishing 3 plots in different sites along a
Pyñeiro,Argentina broad environmental gradient in Spain. Within
3
Department of Biology each plot we established ten 50x50 cm quadrats
and Geology, Physics and and we recorded the coverage of all lichen
Inorganic Chemistry, Rey
Juan Carlos University,
species. We calculated species richness and
Madrid, Spain diversity indices and characterized every lichen
species by a set of functional traits to calculate
the community weighted mean (CWM). We
also measured several quantitative functional
traits, including the specific thallus mass (STM)
and water holding capacity (WHC). Climatic
variables were retrieved at plot level from
WorldClim database. We analyzed the influence
of the climatic variables on the taxonomic and
functional composition and diversity using Linear
Mixed Models and PERMANOVA analyses. As a
result we observed differences in both taxonomic
and functional diversity in relation with changes
in temperature and precipitation.
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98
biogeography & biodiversity
99
oral communications
Changes in stomatal traits and its
relations with bioclimatic variables in
three species of saxicolous ferns in the
Iberian Peninsula
101
Spatial dynamics within epiphyll
communities in a tropical lowland forest
Anna Mežaka¹, Noris Algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts can form
Salazar Allen², Glenda complex epiphyll communities on rainforest
Mendieta Leiva³, leaves. Due to their short life-span, these
Maaike Y. Bader³ assemblages are a promising model system for
studying community dynamics. The aim of the
1
Faculty of geography, present study was to characterize the dynamics
Marburg University,
Smithsonian Tropical
of spatial interactions in epiphyll communities by
Research Institute following individual leaves during one year. We
2
Smithsonian Tropical hypothesized that young epiphyll communities
Research Institute will have a random spatial structure, determined
3
Faculty of Geography,
Marburg University, Germany
by chance arrival of the particular epiphyll. We
expected stronger positive interactions in the
drier and lighter conditions of forest gaps, and
more negative (competitive) interactions in
the dark forest understorey. We photographed
epiphylls on the same twenty leaves four times
between November 2016 and December 2017
in rain forest of Barro Colorado Island. We
analyzed spatial and temporal patterns of the
occurrence of algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts
using spatial point pattern analyses, to detect
aggregation and segregation within and among
functional groups. Spatial patterns indicate
that epiphylls increasingly interact during
community development. Understanding these
interactions and their effects on community
structuring in epiphylls may also contribute to
theory development for biotic communities more
generally.
102
Fungal specificity and selectivity of
microalgae in predominantly vegetative
reproducing (Parmelia saxatilis and P.
sulcata) species complexes
(CGL2016-79158-P)(PROMETEO/2017/039)
Ayudas para la Iniciación a la investigación para
estudiantes de la Universitat de València, curso
2018-2019.
103
Limited effects of marine protected areas
on the distribution of invasive species,
despite positive effects on diversity in
shallow-water marine communities
104
Tras los pasos de J.D. Hooker:
filogeografía conjunta de Mastodia-
Prasiola en las islas del Océano Antártico
y Oceanía
105
Estudio del género Diderma
(Myxomycetes) en la Cordillera de los
Andes peruanos
106
Populations of marine alga Polysiphonia
subtilissima (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) in
freshwater habitats of Croatia
107
Polysiphonia scopulorum (Rhodophyta):
una especie cosmopolita o un complejo
de especies.
108
Microalgal selectivity patterns in
biocrusts lichen communities
(CGL2016-79158-P) (PROMETEO/2017/039).
109
The Macaronesian endemic Ramalina
decipiens group (lichenized Ascomycota),
phylogenetic insights of an island
radiation
110
111
poster communications
The genus Cladonia in Sicily (Italy)
113
The genus Cladonia in Sardinia (Italy)
114
Study of gametophytic competence
between several saxicolous species of
spleenworts (Asplenium)
115
Placynthium coerulescens (Harm.) Gyeln.
in the Iberian Peninsula
116
Preliminary data from the lichenological
field trip of the Spanish Lichen Society
(SEL) in the Sierra Nevada National Park
(CGL2016-79158-P) (PROMETEO/2017/039).
118
Assessing species-specific traits for
vegetative dispersal in six Iberian soil
mosses
119
Orthotrichum comosum F. Lara,
Medina & Garilletii (Orthotrichaceae,
Bryophyta) in the Iberian Peninsula
and the most important environmental
factors determining its occurrence
120
Wild African Cryptogams: more than one
thousand specimens understudied at the
Natural History and Science Museum at
Porto University (PO) Herbarium
Cristiana Vieira¹, Ana The herbarium of the Natural History and Science
Rita Costa² Museum at Porto University (PO) is a reference
collection of Portuguese flora, comprising
1
Museu de História Natural collections since the 19th century including
e da Ciência da Universidade
do Porto, Praça Gomes
former Portuguese colonies. All specimens
Teixeira, 4099-002, Porto, deposited in this herbarium are readily accessible
Portugal with meta-data (location and date of collection
2
Faculdade de Ciências and name of collector). But some of the
da Universidade do Porto,
Departamento de Biologia,
cryptogamic collections generated as secondary
Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169- or opportunistic specimens in field surveys end up
007 Porto, Portugal as unnamed or unpublished. This worsens when
no documentation refers to these collections
or when collections resulted from personal or
casual collections made by botanists focused
on vascular plants. PO African cryptogams
comprise a total number of 3308 specimens
(algae, fungi, lichens, bryophytes, pteridophytes).
Some of these were the basis of new species to
science or the first records for some countries,
but 1484 are clearly understudied, being
potentially interesting discoveries awaiting at the
shelves. The main objective of this work was to
recognize, repackage, numerate, and database
these irreplaceable specimens. In this way, we
hope to ensure their accessibility to staff and
researchers. By presenting these collections,
from a curatorship perspective, the associated
missions, protagonists, and meta-data we hope
to promote their study and application.
121
Survey of the bryophytes in the floodplain
habitats of Kopački rit Nature Park
(Croatia)
Dragan Prlić¹ The Kopački Rit Nature Park is one of the largest
alluvial wetlands of Europe, with significant
1
Josip Juraj Strossmayer wildlife diversity and ecological importance. It is
University of Osijek,
Department of Biology, Osijek,
located in northeastern Croatia, between courses
Croatia of the Danube and Drava Rivers. Terrestrial,
wetland and aquatic habitats are in permanent
dynamic exchange, depending on the frequency
and duration of the Danube flooding, as well as
drought periods. The field surveys were conducted
in September 2017 and August 2018, at five
localities in various floodplain habitats. Samples
were taken from bark and lignum of deciduous
trees, concrete substrates, water and soil surface.
As a result, a total of 36 bryophyte taxa have been
recorded, classified into 9 liverworts (7 thallose
and 2 foliose) and 27 mosses (17 acrocarps
and 10 pleurocarps). According to the type of
substrate, the majority of taxa were found on soil
(21) and tree bark (8). Among the most frequently
recorded were Anomodon viticulosus and
Hypnum cupressiforme, as common epiphytic
mosses. Particularly noteworty was Riccia
cavernosa, growing in exceptional numbers on
exposed muddy or sandy bottoms during periods
of extreme droughts. Furthermore, two aquatic
liverworts, Riccia fluitans and Ricciocarpos
natans, have been observed as well. This survey
presents an important contribution to the
knowledge of bryophyte flora of the Kopački rit
Nature Park and floodplain of the Danube River in
its middle course.
122
Preliminary checklist of lichens and
lichenicolous fungi of Portugal
123
Are the climatic responses of moss sister
taxa similar at both sides of the Atlantic?
124
Biodiversidad liquénica en iglesias
graníticas del noroeste de la península
Ibérica. ¿Relación con el cambio
climático?
125
Community assembly patterns of
byrophytes and tracheophytes and
future ecosystem vulnerability in boreal
peatlands of North-Western Québec
126
Why are you here? Drivers of bryophyte
epiphytic community structure across
scales
127
The Phaeophyceae (marine macroalgae)
on the coast of Algeria: biodiversity and
biogeography
128
Rare Vascular Cryptogams on the territory
of Ukraine
129
Competition and abiotic stress factors in
three species of Mediterranean mosses
130
Diversity and ecology of the lichen family
Lobariaceae (lichenized Ascomycota:
Peltigerales) in Croatia
131
Lichen communities in northwest Quebec,
Canada: Biodiversity and influencial
environmental factors
132
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managment & conservation
135
oral communications
El estado actual de los líquenes,
briofitos y helechos, especies vedadas
en Colombia, una evaluación desde la
política ambiental colombiana
137
Bringing the concept of nitrogen critical
levels into managing for conservation
138
Evaluation of environmental factors
promoting the presence of forest
lichen species deserving an especial
protection
139
Azolla as a case study for biological and
environmental research in the context
of climate change
140
From ecophysiology to conservation:
Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm.
as a model species for sensitive
macrolichens
141
Effect of different levels of forest
management on epiphytic communities
142
143
poster communications
Bryophytes as potential indicators of
forest degradation
145
Contribution to assessment of
threatened species in red list of lichen-
forming and lichenicolous fungi in
Spain and Portugal
146
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technological applications
149
oral communications
Valoración de la capacidad antioxidante
de dos Fucales: Cystoseira amentacea
var. stricta (Mediterráneo) y
Cystosphaera jacquinotii (Antártida).
151
Bioactivity of Fucus vesiculosus
(bodelha) from the Tagus estuary
(Lisbon, Portugal): correlation with
thallus age and genre
152
A tale of two walls: bryophyte
establishment on green walls with
different irrigation levels
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Spore cultures of the red seaweed
gracilariopsis longissima (gracilariales),
a species of high economic value
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poster communications
Novel lichen tissue culture methodology
suitable for the isolation and
propagation of microalgae in foliose
lichens
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Protocol for the isolation of yeasts
associated with lichens, modified
from the previous developed for lichen
bacteria (patent ES2575752B2)
(CGL2016-79158-P) (PROMETEO/2017/039).
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biomonitoring
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oral communications
Biomonitoring epiphytic macrolichens
plots after 21 years revealed severe
symptoms of injury and changes in
diversity in Maestrazgo territories (NE
Spain)
Eva Barreno¹, Andreu Lichens are powerful and fast bioindicators for
Manzanera¹, Alfonso environmental changes and air pollution impacts.
Garmendia², Salvador Epiphytic lichen diversity has been widely used
Chiva¹ as a standard procedure for biomonitoring
the effects of air pollution. In 1984, due to the
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Universitat de València, Inst. start-up of a thermal power-plant in Andorra
“Cavanilles” de Biodiversidad
y Biología Evolutiva, Botánica,
(Teruel), epiphytic lichen diversity and damage
Fac. CC. Biológicas, Valencia, surveys were done for the Maestrazgo territories,
46100 Burjassot, Spain which include parts of Castellón and Teruel
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Inst. Agroforestal provinces (NE Spain). A sampling network was
Mediterráneo, Dpto. established in this area registering different air
Ecosistemas Agroforestales,
Universitat Politècnica de
pollution impacts, specially photo-oxidants and
València, Camino de Vera s/n. nitrogen deposition. These studies were regularly
46022-Valencia, Spain conducted until 1997. Methodology used to
assess the lichen communities diversity was
the one proposed by the European Union and
extensively used at the moment. Along time,
different damages were observed in several
macrolichens, accordingly the previous research
team developed a new method to quantify these
symptoms for target species. These species
were beforehand selected by the velocity of
the symptoms evolution in only five years.
After 21 years, in 2018 a great part of the
localities from this sampling network have been
re-evaluated to scrutinize the evolution of these
lichen communities after a so long time. The
results obtained show a decrease in the diversity
of several sampling plots and a strong and
generalized increase in the symptoms of injury on
the target lichen species proposed in 1997.
(CGL2016-79158-P) (PROMETEO/2017/039).
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Mapping impacts of EU - Air Quality
Directive (NECD) at the ecosystem level
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Evolución del estado ecológico en ríos de
la cuenca del duero usando organismos
fitobentónicos como bioindicadores
(diatomeas y macrófitos)
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Using the bioaccumulative potential of
lichens to assess toxicity of environmental
pollutant mixtures to human lung cells in
a petrochemical and chemical industrial
area in Southern Europe
Sofia Augusto1,2, The aim of this study was to use lichens to assess
Jordi Sierra3, Marta toxicity of environmental pollutant mixtures
Schuhmacher4 to human lung cells. For that, we conducted a
study in the largest chemical and petrochemical
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Institute of Public Health industrial complex in Southern Europe, located in
(ISPUP-EPIUnit), University of
Tarragona County, Spain. Lichens were collected
Porto, Portugal
2
Centre for Ecology, Evolution
from a background area and transplanted to
and Environmental Changes, 15 sites in the study area. After two months of
Faculdade de Ciências da exposure, lichen transplants were collected, and
Universidade de Lisboa, the toxicity of the pollutant mixture accumulated
Campo Grande, 1749-016
in each sample was evaluated. Toxicity tests
Lisbon, Portugal
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Universitat de Barcelona,
consisted on a cytotoxic analysis using human
Spain
lung epithelial cancer cells A549 as target cells.
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Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Incremental Lung Cell Mortality (ILCM) was
Spain calculated based on the increment of cytotoxic
effect of each lichen sample mixture after
exposure in relation to pre-exposed lichens.
In order to disclose relevant contaminants
contributing for the toxicity, the concentrations
of the 16 USEPA-PAHs and 17 metals were
quantified in the same lichen samples. Results
allowed identifying areas with highest potential
toxicity, located in the petrochemical complex (P),
followed by areas in the chemical complex (C);
urban areas (U) had the lowest potential toxicity.
The same decreasing trend P-C-U was found
for concentrations of ∑16 PAHs. These results
open new perspectives on the use of lichens in
environmental health studies.
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Effect of lead on shoots and spores
of four moss species with contrasted
ecological affinities
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Estudio de bioacumulación con
trasplantes de Evernia prunastri (L.)
Ach.: Establecimiento del nivel de
referencia en un entorno urbano
Ana Belén Fernández La zona del Bierzo (León) cuenta con varias
Salegui¹, Sonia industrias emisoras de contaminantes
Trobajo Pérez¹, Darío atmosféricos en un entorno bastante urbanizado.
Fernández Santos¹, En los últimos meses, se está considerando la
Jorge Cara Jiménez², posibilidad del cambio de combustible en alguna
Jorge J. Blanes de esas industrias. Ante esta situación, se hace
Peiró², Arsenio Terrón necesario conocer el estado de la calidad del
Alfonso¹ aire en dicha zona, por lo que hemos realizado
un estudio de biomonitorización con líquenes.
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Área de Botánica, Dpto. Por ello, se han recolectado talos de Evernia
de Biodiversidad y Gestión
Ambiental, Universidad de
prunastri (L.) Ach. de la localidad Tejedo de
León, León, Spain
Ancares, utilizada como control, y se han
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Área de Ingeniería Química, trasplantado a 19 puntos en la zona de estudio.
Dpto. Química y Física Tras 11 semanas de trasplante, se han analizado
Aplicadas, Universidad de los datos de acumulación de 14 elementos en
León, León, Spain
dichos talos (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb,
Sn, Tl, V y Zn), y se han examinado los patrones
de deposición de estos en la zona de estudio.
Los datos se comparan con los obtenidos
antes del trasplante (tiempo 0) y con los de
la localidad control. Se observan diferencias
espaciales entre los distintos puntos estudiados
y, por tanto, se observa la existencia de zonas
con diferente calidad del aire. Por otro lado, se
aprecian diferentes patrones de deposición de
los elementos analizados. El resultado final es
un mapa sintético de elementos totales, donde
se ponen de manifiesto las zonas con mayor
deposición, en consecuencia, las que presentan
peor calidad del aire.
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Fluorescencia de la clorofila como
indicador de estrés en cultivo ex situ de
briófitos
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Using mosses as indictors of
conservation in NW Iberian
ombrotrophic mires
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Efecto de la contaminación del aire sobre
la vitalidad de líquenes trasplantados
en las inmediaciones de una industria
papelera, Morelia, México
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