Biodiversity of the epiphytic lichenic vegetation in the Alentejo Coast (area of Sines)

The composition of the lichenic epiphytic flora in the coastal region of Alentejo, which includes the area of the Sines industrial complex, has been updated through floristic surveys on various phorophytes, but in particular, olive and fig trees. The present results, which are the result of fieldwork carried out in 1997, were compared with those obtained in the studies carried out in 1983. A decrease in the floristic richness was verified, as a result of the degradation of habitats and an increase in the emission of poluents. It was also possible to establish the relationship between lichen diversity and various environmental factors, through the application of Co-inertia Analysis.

This publication results in two datasets, an event table: where the sampling sites are described; and an occurrence table, which shows the lichen species found at each of these sites.

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Identification

Alternate Identifier
10.15468/h5wsn7
Alternate Identifier
http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=liquens_sines
Publication Date
2021-09-10
Title
Biodiversity of the epiphytic lichenic vegetation in the Alentejo Coast (area of Sines)
Abstract

The composition of the lichenic epiphytic flora in the coastal region of Alentejo, which includes the area of the Sines industrial complex, has been updated through floristic surveys on various phorophytes, but in particular, olive and fig trees. The present results, which are the result of fieldwork carried out in 1997, were compared with those obtained in the studies carried out in 1983. A decrease in the floristic richness was verified, as a result of the degradation of habitats and an increase in the emission of poluents. It was also possible to establish the relationship between lichen diversity and various environmental factors, through the application of Co-inertia Analysis.

This publication results in two datasets, an event table: where the sampling sites are described; and an occurrence table, which shows the lichen species found at each of these sites.

Dataset Language
PORTUGUESE
 
Dataset Creator
  Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa - Palmira Carvalho (Curator of the LISU Herbarium Lichen collection )
Lisbon , PORTUGAL
Dataset Creator
  Instituto Superior de Agronomia - Rui Figueira (Resource Creator )
Lisbon , PORTUGAL
Dataset Creator
  Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal - Cecília Sergio (Resource Creator )
Lisbon , PORTUGAL
Dataset Creator
  Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal - Manuela Sim-Sim (Resource Creator )
PORTUGAL
Dataset Creator
  Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal - M. Jones (Resource Creator )
PORTUGAL
Metadata Provider
  Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) - Leonor Soares
PORTUGAL
Dataset Contact
  Instituto Superior de Agronomia - Rui Figueira
Lisbon , PORTUGAL
Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml )
  • Occurrence
Keywords (N/A )

  • epiphytic lichens

    floristic richness

    biodiversity

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description
The sampling area for the inventory of the Biodiversity of lichens epiphytic vegetation was carried out in the Alentejo coast, specifically in the district of Sines and Beja.

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate
-9.756
East Bounding Coordinate
-6.954
North Bounding Coordinate
38.865
South Bounding Coordinate
37.309

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1997-01-01

End Date

1998-12-31

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage
This dataset includes 1993 records referring to human observations of 14 different orders: Monoblastiales, Verrucariales, Caliciales, Arthoniales, Pleosporales, Lecanorales, Teloschistales, Candelariales, Peltigerales, Ostropales, Umbilicariales, Mycocaliciales, Pertusariales and Coryneliales. There is 34 different families, 151 species and 1 subspecies.

Taxonomic Classification

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Family
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Monoblastiaceae

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Verrucariaceae

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Caliciaceae

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Arthoniaceae

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Naetrocymbaceae

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Ramalinaceae

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Family
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Teloschistaceae

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Candelariaceae

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Chrysotrichaceae

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Cladoniaceae

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Collemataceae

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Pannariaceae

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Coenogoniaceae

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Parmeliaceae

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Gyalectaceae

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Physciaceae

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Ophioparmaceae

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Thelenellaceae

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Koerberiaceae

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Lecanographaceae

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Lecanoraceae

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Stereocaulaceae

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Leprocaulaceae

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Lobariaceae

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Pilocarpaceae

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Mycocaliciaceae

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Nephromataceae

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Ochrolechiaceae

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Opegraphaceae

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Pertusariaceae

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Phlyctidaceae

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Roccellaceae

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Coryneliaceae

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Mycoblastaceae

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Monoblastiales

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Order
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Verrucariales

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Caliciales

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Order
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Arthoniales

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Order
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Pleosporales

Taxonomic Classification

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Order
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Lecanorales

Taxonomic Classification

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Order
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Teloschistales

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Order
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Candelariales

Taxonomic Classification

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Order
Taxonomic Rank Value
Peltigerales

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Order
Taxonomic Rank Value
Ostropales

Taxonomic Classification

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Order
Taxonomic Rank Value
Umbilicariales

Taxonomic Classification

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Order
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Mycocaliciales

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Order
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Pertusariales

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Order
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Coryneliales

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Class
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Dothideomycetes

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Eurotiomycetes

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Lecanoromycetes

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Arthoniomycetes

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Candelariomycetes

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Ascomycota

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Fungi

License Information

Intellectual Rights

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Distributiondocument

Online

URL
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/28184083_Biodiversidade_da_vegetacao_epifitica_liquenica_no_Litoral_Alentejano_Area_de_Sines
 
 

Projects

Projects

• Project

Title
Biodiversidade da vegetação epifítica liquénica no Litoral Alentejano (Área de Sines)

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name
Rui
Surname
Figueira
Role
ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Abstract
The composition of the lichenic epiphytic flora in the coastal region of Alentejo, which includes the area of the Sines industrial complex, has been updated through floristic surveys on various phorophytes, but in particular, olive and fig trees. The present results, which are the result of fieldwork carried out in 1997 and 1998, were compared with those obtained in the studies carried out in 1983. A decrease in the floristic richness was verified, as a result of the degradation of habitats and an increase in the emission of poluents. It was also possible to establish the relationship between lichen diversity and various environmental factors, through the application of Co-inertia Analysis.
Funding
The preparation of this resource for publication through GBIF was supported by Project PORBIOTA—Portuguese E-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022127), under the Operational Thematic Program for Competitiveness and Internationalization (POCI), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) and FCT.
 
 

Methods

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Description

The following steps were performed:

- information was extracted from the paper regarding the sampling sites and the floristic list, which resulted in two tables: events and occurrences, respectively;

- the original coordinates in European 1950 UTM were converted to decimal latitude and longitude in WGS84 datum using "MRGS to Lat Long" (http://82.154.207.91:8080/Porbiota_Web_Apps/MGRStoLatLon).

Method Step

Description

catalogNumber: refers to the catalogue number of the specimens collected during the study and deposited in the LISU collection of Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa.

Besides those mentioned in the occurrences dataset, there are still more specimens in collection, which despite not being mentioned in this study, are from the same area (Beja and Setubal district). Please find below the catalogue numbers and collection locations:

Cladonia firma (Nyl.) Nyl. | 240923 | Portugal, Beja, Barrancos

Cladonia firma (Nyl.) Nyl. | 240925 | Portugal, Beja, Barrancos

Cliostomum griffithii (Sm.) Coppins | 183870 | Portugal, Beja, Barrancos

Collema occultatum Bagl. | 189349 | Portugal, Beja, Moura

Collema subnigrescens Degel. | 253342 | Portugal, Beja

Fuscopannaria mediterranea (Tav.) P.M. Jörg. | 185047 | Portugal, Setúbal, Grândola

Fuscopannaria mediterranea (Tav.) P.M. Jörg. | 185048 | Portugal, Setúbal, Santiago do Cacém

Hypotrachyna sinuosa (Sm.) Hale | 185361 | Portugal, Setúbal, Sines

Koerberia biformis A. Massal. | 184558 | Portugal, Setúbal, Santiago do Cacém

Lobaria amplissima (Scop.) Forssell | 240946 | Portugal, Setúbal, Santiago do Cacém

Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. | 184878 | Portugal, Setúbal, Grândola

Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. | 184877 | Portugal, Setúbal, Grândola

Naetrocymbe punctiformis (Pers.) R.C. Harris | 183598 | Portugal, Setúbal, Santiago do Cacém

Ochrolechia pallescens (L.) A. Massal. | 240944 | Portugal, Setúbal, Santiago do Cacém

Parmelina tiliacea (Hoffm.) Hale | 185447 | Portugal, Setúbal, Grândola

Parmotrema austrosinense (Zahlbr.) Hale | 185100 | Portugal, Setúbal, Grândola

Parmotrema austrosinense (Zahlbr.) Hale | 185101 | Portugal, Setúbal, Santiago do Cacém

Physconia enteroxantha (Nyl.) Poelt | 189633 | Portugal, Setúbal, Grândola

Physconia enteroxantha (Nyl.) Poelt | 189635 | Portugal, Setúbal, Grândola

Sticta fuliginosa (Dicks.) Ach. | 240958 | Portugal, Setúbal, Santiago do Cacém

Usnea | 240949 | Portugal, Setúbal

Usnea | 240960 | Portugal, Setúbal, Sines

Usnea | 240961 | Portugal, Beja, Mértola

Usnea rubicunda Stirt. | 186745 | Portugal, Setúbal, Santiago do Cacém

Waynea stoechadiana (Abassi & Cl. Roux) Cl. Roux & P. Clerc | 184529 | Portugal, Setúbal, Santiago do Cacém

Sampling

Study Extent

The data collection work for the paper Biodiversity of the epiphytic lichenic vegetation in the Alentejo Coast (area of Sines) took place during 1997 and 1998. The study area is located along the coast of Alentejo, between Serra de Grândola and Serra da Brejeira.

Grândola and Brejeira, in an extension parallel to the coast that occupies approximately 30x90 km. In this area the maximum altitude reached is 431 meters at Serra da Brejeira.

Sampling Description

The study of lichenic diversity was based on 77 floristic inventories carried out at the sites and on the phorophytes selected in the work carried out between 1975 and 1981 (JONES 1983). The phorophytes are respectively: Olea europaea, Ficus carica, Morus nigra, Arbustus unedo and Quercus suber.

The floristic study consisted in the collection and identification of all species found. This study resulted in a herbarium collection, which is housed in the Museum and Botanical Garden (LISU) and includes, at least and whenever possible, a representative specimen of each species found in the area.

The method used for this work differs slightly from that used in the past, since the present study took into consideration all the epiphytic lichen flora found at each site, whereas in the study carried out in the 1980s only the species which could be identified in situ were recorded.

During the current study, the same phorophytes that had been studied previously were observed in each site whenever possible. The recognition of the trees was possible due to the signs left in the previous study. However, as could be expected, during the seventeen years between the two studies, numerous alterations have occurred in the area, sometimes leading to the cutting of trees that had initially been selected. In these cases, new observations were made on site in the same type of forophyll. The numbering of the sites is the same as previously used.

qualityControl

Description
All initial data was inserted in a specific relational database built specifically for the project, which implemented several quality control methods. In the preparation of the dataset for GBIF publication, data consistency was verified using cluster algorithms using OpenRefine.
 
 

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