A number of VDI Guidelines on bioindication has been compiled or completely revised in recent years. As a valuable tool these guidelines will aid experts in the field of environmental protection — in administration no less than in environmental management of industrial facilities and for practitioners in environmental monitoring.
Under the title "Biological measuring techniques for the determination and evaluation of effects of air pollutants on plants (bioindication)" the following guidelines have been published in recent years within the guideline series 3957:
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VDI 3957 part 1
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Fundamentals and aims
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05/1999
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German/ English
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VDI 3957 part 2
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Method of standardised grass exposure
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01/2003
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German/ English
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VDI 3957 part 3
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Standardised exposure of green cabbage
[curly kale]
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12/2000
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German/ English
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VDI 3957 part 5
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Standardised exposure of spruce
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12/2001
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German/ English
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VDI 3957 part 6
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Determination of the phytotoxic effects of ozone and other photooxidants:
Standardised exposure of tobacco
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04/2003
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German / English
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VDI 3957 part 8
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Determination of the growth rate of epiphytic lichens for ecological long-term monitoring
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01/2003
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German / English
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VDI 3957 part 10
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Recommendation for the use of bioindicators for monitoring air pollution effects of emission sources
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11/2002
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German
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VDI 3957 part 14
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Phytotoxic effects of inorganic fluorides in ambient air – Method of standardised exposure of gladiolus
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02/2004
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German
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