Dr. David H. S. Richardson is a British and Canadian lichenologist noted for his studies on the effects of air pollution upon lichens. David Richardson was a professor at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland before transferring to Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Until July 2006, David Richardson had served as Dean of Science at St. Mary's University for numerous years.
Additional recommended knowledge
Professor Richardson usually teaches a week long seminar on lichen identification each summer at the Humboldt Field Research Institute at Eagle Hill along the coast of Maine.
Honors bestowed upon David H. S. Richardson
- Recipient of the George Lawson Medal from the Canadian Botanical Association in 2000. [1]
- Recipient of the Paragon Award in 2003 from the Halifax Ambassador Club. Award and Brief Biography
- Lichen, Skyttea richardsonii named by Teresa Iturriaga and David L. Hawksworth to honor David Richardson.
On line publication Iturriaga, Teresa and David L. Hawksworth. 2004. Skyttea richardsonii sp. nov. from Maine, with a key to the species known from North America. Mycologia 96 (4):925-928.
Publications by David H. S. Richardson
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1967: The transplantation of lichen thalli to solve some taxonomic problems in Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th. Fr. Lichenologist 3: 386-391.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1970. Ascus and ascocarp structure in lichens. Lichenologist 4: 350-361.
- Richardson, David H. S. 1971. Lichens. In, Methods of Microbiology. vol. 4. New York, Academic Press. 267-293.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1973. Photosynthesis and carbohydrate movement. In, The Lichens. V. Ahmadjian and M. E. Hale, eds., New York, Academic Press. 249-288.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1975. The vanishing lichens: their history, biology and importance. Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 231 pages.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1978 [Review of:] Dyes from Lichens and Plants. Van Nostrand Reinhold, Toronto. 1977. Lichenologist 10: 239-240.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1978. Lichens on iron cannon balls. Lichenologist 10: 233-235.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1981. [Review of:] W. J. Manning & W. A. Feder: Biomoitoring Air Pollution with Plants. Applied Science Publishers, London. 1980. Lichenologist 13: 201.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1981. Flechten als Umweltindikatoren. Umschau in Wissenschaft und Technik. 81: 553-556.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1981. Pollution monitoring with lichens. (Naturalists' Handbooks 19). The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd., Slough, England. 76 pages.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1981. The Biology of Mosses. Blackwell.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1982. Blood-lead concentrations in three to eight year old schoolchilderen from Dublin City and rural County Wicklow. Irish Journal of Medical Science 151: 203-210.
- Richardson, D. H.S. 1985. The surface physiology of lichens with particular reference to carbohydrate transfer between the symbionts. In, Surface Physiology of Lichens. C. Vicente, D. H. Brown and M. E. Legaz, eds., Madrid, Universidad Complutense. 25-55.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1985. [Review of:] J. D. Lawrey: The Biology of Lichenized Fungi. Praeger Scientific, New York. 1984. Lichenologist 17: 317-318.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1987. Biological Indicators of Pollution. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1987. Lichens as pollution indicators in Ireland. In, D. H. S. Richardson (ed.): Biological Indicators of Pollution. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, pp. 155-168.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1988. Medicinal and other economic aspects of lichens. In, CRC Handbook of Lichenology. vol. 3. M. Galun, ed., Boca Raton, Florida, CRC Press. 93-108.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1988. Understanding the pollution sensitivity of lichens. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 96:31-43.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1989. [Review of:] T. H. Nash & V. Wirth (eds.): Lichens, Bryophytes and Air Quality. Bibliotheca Lichenologica, No. 30. J. Cramer, Berlin. 1988. Lichenologist 21(2): 187-188.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1991. Lichens as biological indicators - recent developments. In, Jeffrey, D. W., B. Madden (eds.): Bioindicators and Environmental Management. Academic Press, London, San Diego, pp. 263-272.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1991. Lichens and man. In, Frontiers in Mycology, ed. D. L. Hawksworth, pp. 187-210. London: International Mycological Institute.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1992. Pollution Monitoring with Lichens. Naturalists' Handbooks. 19, Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd., Slough, England. 76 pp.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1992: [Review of:] S. Isacc. Fungal-Plant Interactions. 1992. Chapman & Hall, London. 418 pp. - Lichenologist 24(3): 313.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1993: The effects of wetting and drying on symbiont interactions in lichens. Symbiosis 14(1/2/3): 399-403.
- Richardson, DHS 1993: The physiology of drying and rewetting in lichens. In, Stress Tolerance of Fungi. Mycology Series, Marcel Dekker, New york, pp. 275-296.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1995: Metal uptake in lichens. Symbiosis 18(2): 119-127.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1998. Parasitism and symbiosis as exemplified by lichens and lichenicolous fungi or war in the the world of lichens. In, Sixth International Mycological Congress (IMC6). Abstracts., pp. 173.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 1999. War in the world of lichens: parasitism and symbiosis as exemplified by lichens and lichenicolous fungi. Mycological Research 103(6): 641-650.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 2000. Lichen flora of Thomas Radall and Kejimkujik Parks: recorded by the Tuckerman (sic) lichen workshop. In, Vasseur, L., K. Brooks (eds.): Kejimkujik Ecosystem: A Synopsis of Current Research, Kejimkujik Fall Conference 2000. Saint Mary's University, Halifax, pp. 143-146.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 2001: [Review] O. Gilbert. Lichens. 288 pp. Harper Collins Publishers. 2000. The Bryologist 104(3): 500.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 2002: Reflections on lichenology: achievements over the last 40 years and challenges for the future. Canadian Journal of Botany 80: 101-113.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 2003. [Review] J. Seckbach (Ed.). Symbiosis: Mechanisms and Model Systems. xxx + 796 pp. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 2002. The Bryologist 106(4): 628.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 2004. Monitoring air quality using lichens, with the help of schoolchildren and community groups. In, Proceedings of the First Annual Environmental Monitoring Workshop. Saint Mary's University, Halifax, pp. 62-70.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 2005. [Review of:] F. S. Dobson: A Field Key to Common Churchyard Lichens. Published by the author. 38 pp. 2003. The Bryologist 108(3): 478.
- Richardson, D. H. S. 2005. [Review] O. Gilbert. The Lichen Hunters. 208 pp. The Book Guild, Lewes, Sussex. 2004. Lichenologist 37(3): 273-274.
- Brodo, I. M., and D. H. S. Richardson. 1978. Chimeroid associations in the genus Peltigera. Lichenologist 10: 157-170.
- Cameron, R. P., and D. H. S. Richardson. 2006: Occurrence and abundance of epiphytic cyanolichens in protected areas of Nova Scotia, Canada. Opuscula Philolichenum 3: 5-14.
- Czeczuga, B., and D. H. S. Richardson. 1989. Carotenoids in some lichen species from Ireland. Lichenologist 21(4): 363-367.
- Nieboer, E., and D. H. S. Richardson. 1980. The replacement of the nondescript term "heavy metals" by a biologically and chemically significant classification of metal ions. Environmental Pollution, ser. B. 1, 3-26.
- Nieboer, E., and D. H. S. Richardson. 1981. Lichens as monitors of atmospheric deposition. In, Atmosphere Pollutants in Natural Waters. S. J. Eisenreich, ed., Ann Arbor Science Publishers. 339-388.
- Richardson, D. H. S., and R. P. Cameron. 2004. Cyanolichens: their response to pollution and possible management strategies for their conservation in northeastern North America. Northeastern Naturalist 11(1): 1-22.
- Richardson, D. H. S., and E. J. Finegan. 1977. Studies on the lichens of Truelove Lowland. In, L. C. Bliss (ed.): Truelove Lowland, Devon Island, Canada: A High Arctic Ecosystem. University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, pp. 245-262.
- Richardson, D. H. S., and D. L. Hawksworth. 1989. [Review:] M. Galun (ed.). Handbook of Lichenology. 3 Vols. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 1988. Lichenologist 21(4): 393-395.
- Richardson, D. H. S., and E. Nieboer. 1980. Surface binding and accumulation of metals in lichens. In, C. B. Cook, P. W Pappas & E. D. Rudolph (eds.): Cellular Interactions in Symbiosis and Parasitism. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, pp. 75-94.
- Richardson, D. H. S., and E. Nieboer. 1981. Lichens and pollution monitoring. Endeavour (New series) 5:127-133.
- Richardson, D. H. S., and E. Nieboer. 1983. The uptake of nickel ions by lichen thalli of the genera Umbilicaria and Peltigera. Lichenologist 15: 81-88.
- Richardson, D. H. S., and E. Nieboer. 1983. Ecophysiological responses of lichens to SO2. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 54: 331-351.
- Richardson, D. H. S., G. Morgan-Jones. 1964. Studies on lichen asci. I. The bitunicate type. The Lichenologist 2(3): 205-224.
- Richardson, D. H. S., and K. J. Puckett. 1973. Sulphur dioxide and photosynthesis in lichens. In, Air Pollution and Lichens. B. W. Ferry, M. S. Baddeley, and D. L. Hawksworth, eds., Buffalo, University of Toronto Press. 283-298.
- Richardson, R.M., and D. H. S. Richardson. 1982. A systematic list with distributions of the lichen species of Western Australia, based on collections in the Western Australian Herbarium. Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes 7: 17-20.
- Richardson, D. H. S., D. C. Smith. 1966. The physiology of the symbiosis in Xanthoria aureola (Ach.) Erichs. Lichenologist 3: 202-206.
- Richardson, D. H. S., and D. C. Smith. 1968. Lichen physiology. IX. Carbohydrate movement from the Trebouxia symbiont of Xanthoria aureola to the fungus. New Phytol. 67: 61-68.
- Richardson, D. H. S., and D. C. Smith. 1968. Lichen physiology. X. The isolated algal and fungal symbionts of Xanthoria aureola. New Phytol. 67: 69-77.
- Richardson, D. H. S., and C. M. Young. 1977. Lichens and vertebrates. In, M. R. D. Seaward (ed.): Lichen Ecology. Academic Press, London, pp. 121-144.
- Sensen, M., and D. H. S. Richardson. 2002. Mercury levels in lichens from different host trees around a chlor-alkali plant in New Brunswick, Canada. Science of the Total Environment 293: 31-45.
- Seaward, M. R. D., and D. H. S. Richardson. 1989. Atmospheric sources of metal pollution and effects on vegetation. In, A. Jonathan Shaw (ed.): Heavy Metal Tolerance in Plants: Evolutionary Aspects. CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, pp. 75-92.
- Seaward, M. R. D., and D. H. S. Richardson. 2000. Lichens of Lambay Island. Glasra 4: 1-6.
- Benton, F., I. M. Brodo, and D. H. S. Richardson. 1977. Lichens of the Bamfield Marine Station, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canad. Field-Natural. 91: 305-309.
- Boileau, L. J. R., E. Nieboer, and D. H. S. Richardson. 1985. Uranium accumulation in the lichen Cladonia rangiferina. Part 2. Toxic effects of catonic, neutral, and ionic forms of the uranyl ion. Canadian Journal of Botany 63: 390-397.
- Dempsey, E., M. R. Smyth, and D. H. S. Richardson. 1992: Application of lichen-modified carbon paste electrodes to the voltammetric determination of metal ions in multi-element and speciation studies. Analyst 117(sep): 1467-1470.
- Nieboer, E., J. D. McFarlane, and D. H. S. Richardson. 1984. Modifications of plant cell buffering capacities by gaseous air pollutants. In, Gaseous Air Pollutants and Plant Metabolism, M. Koziol and F. R. Whatley, eds., Butterworths, London. 313-330.
- Nieboer, E., D. H. S. Richardson, F. D. Tomassini. 1978: Mineral uptake and release by lichens: an overview. The Bryologist 81: 226-246.
- Richardson, D. H. S., P. J. Beckett, and E. Nieboer. 1980. Nickel in lichens, bryophytes, fungi, and algae. In, Nickel in the Environment. J. O. Nriagu, ed., New York, Wiley & Sons.
- Richardson, D. H. S., D. J. Hill, and D. C. Smith. 1968. Lichen physiology. XI. The role of the alga in determining the pattern of carbohydrate movement between lichen symbionts. New Phytologist 67: 469-486.
- Richardson, D. H. S., D. C. Smith, and D. H. Lewis. 1967. Carbohydrate movement between the symbionts of lichens. Nature 214: 879-882.
- Seaward, M. R. D., A. Lynds, and D. H. S. Richardson. 1997. Lichens of Beaver Brook, Nova Scotia. Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science 41(3): 90-92.
- Alexander, R. W., D. H. S. Richardson, D. Cotton, and M. R. D. Seaward. 1989. Field meeting to Sligo and Connemara National Park. Lichenologist 21(2): 159-168
- Becket, P. J., L. J. R. Boileau, D. Padovan, and D. H. S. Richardson. 1982. Lichens and mosses as monitors of industrial activity associated with uranium mining in Northern Ontario, Canada—Part 2: Distance dependent uranium and lead accumulation. Environmental Pollution (Series B) 4: 91-107.
- Boileau, L. J. R., P. J. Beckett, P. Lavoie, and D. H. S. Richardson. 1982: Lichens and mosses as monitors of industrial activity associated with uranium mining in northern Ontario, Canada--part 1: field procedures, chemical analysis and interspecies comparisons. Environmental Pollution, Series B 4: 69-84.
- Connor, M., E. Dempsey, M. R. Smyth, and D. H. S. Richardson. 1991: Determination of some metal ions using lichen-modified carbon paste electrodes. Electroanalysis 3(4/5): 331-336.
- Nieboer, E., H. M. Ahmed, K. J. Puckett, and D. H. S. Richardson. 1972: Heavy metal content of lichens in relations to distance from a nikel smelter in Sudbury, Ontario. Lichenologist 5: 292-304.
- Nieboer, E., and D. H. S. Richardson, P. Lavoie, and D. Padovan. 1979. The role of metal-ion binding in modifying the toxic effects of sulphur dioxide on the lichen Umbilicaria muhlenbergii. I. Potassium efflux studies. New Phytologist 82: 621-632.
- Nieboer, E., D. H. S. Richardson, K. J. Puckett, F. D. Tomassini. 1976: The phytotoxicity of sulphur dioxide in relation to measurable responses in lichens. Effects of Air Pollutants on Plants 61-85.
- Nieboer, E., F. D. Tomassini, K. J. Puckett, D. H. S. Richardson. 1977: A model for the relationship between gaseous and aqueous concentrations of sulphur dioxide in lichen exposure studies. New Phytol. 79: 157-162.
- Ni Lamhna, E., D. H. S. Richardson, P. Dowing, and E. Ni Grainne. 1988. An air quality survey of the Greater Dublin Area carried out by Second Level Students. Dublin: An Foras Forbartha.
- Ni Lamhna, E., D. H. S. Richardson, P. Dowding, and J. M. Wells. 1983: An Air Quality Survey of Cork City and Great Island Carried Out by Schoolchildren. An Foras Forbartha, St. Matrin's House, Dublin. 29 pp.
- Puckett, K. J., E. Nieboer, W. P. Flora, and D. H. S. Richardson. 1973. Sulphur dioxide: Its effects on 14C fixation in lichens and suggested mechanisms of phytotoxicity. New Phytologist 72: 141-154.
- Puckett, K. J., E. Nieboer, M. J. Gorzynski, D. H. S. Richardson. 1973. The uptake of metal ions by lichens: a modified ion-exchange process. New Phytol. 72: 329-342.
- Pucket, K. J., D. H. S. Richardson, W. P. Flora, and E. Nieboer. 1974. Photosynthetic 14C fixation by the lichen Umbilicaria muehlenbergii (Ach.) Tuck. following short exposures to aqueous sulphur dioxide. New Phytologist 73: 1183-1192.
- Pucket, K. J., F. D. Tomassini, E. Nieboer, and D. H. S. Richardson. 1977. Potassium efflux by lichen thalli following exposure to aqueous sulphur dioxide. New Phytologist 79: 135-145.
- Richardson, D. H. S., S. Kiang, V. Ahmadjian, and E. Nieboer. 1985. Lead and uranium uptake by lichens. In Lichen Physiology and Cell Biology, D. H. Brown, ed., New York, Plenum Press. 227-246.
- Richardson, D. H. S., E. Nieboer, P. Lavoie, and D. Padovan. 1979. The role of metal-ion binding in modifying the toxic effects of sulphur dioxide on the lichen Umbilicaria muehlenbergii. II. C14-fixation studies. New Phytologist 82: 633-643.
- Richardson, D. H. S., E. Nieboer, P. Lavoie, and D. Padovan. 1984. Anion accumulation by lichens I. The characteristics and kinetics of arsenate uptake by Umbilicaria muhlenbergii. New Phytologist 96: 71-82.
- Richardson, D. H. S., M. Shore, R. Hartree, and R. M. Richardson. 1995. The use of X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for the analysis of plants, especially lichens, employed in biological monitoring. Science of the Total Environment 176: 97-105.
- Tomassini, F. D. K., K. J. Puckett, E. Nieboer, and D. H. S. Richardson. 1976. Determination of copper, iron, nickel and sulphur by x-ray fluorescence analysis in lichens from the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, and the Sudbury District, Ontario. Canadian Journal of Botany 54: 1591-1603.
- Nieboer, E., P. Lavoie, R. L. P. Sasseville, K. J. Pucket, and D. H. S. Richardson. 1976: Cation exchange equilibrium and mass balance in the lichen Umbilicaria muhlenbergii. Canad. Jour. Bot. 54: 720-723.
- Nieboer, E., K. J. Puckett, D. H. S. Richardson, F. D. Tomassini, and B. Grace. 1977: Ecological and physiological aspects of the accumulation of heavy metals and sulphur in lichens. In: : International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 27-31, 1975, Proceedings. Vol. 1. Part 1., pp. 331-351.
- Nieboer, E., D. H. S. Richardson, L. J. R. Boileau, P. J. Becket, P. Lavoie, D. Padovan. 1982: Lichens and mosses as monitors of industrial activity associated with uranium mining in northern Ontario, Canada--part 3: accumulation of iron and titanium and their mutual dependence. Environmental Pollution, Series B 4: 181-192.
- Ni Lamhna, E, D. H. S. Richardson, P. Dowding, S. Kiang, and A. O. Sullivan. 1984: An Air Quality Survey of the Shannon Estuary Carried Out by Schoolchildren. An Foras Forbartha, St. Matrin's House, Dublin. 27 pp.
- Tomassini, F. D., P. Lavoie, K. J. Puckett, E. Nieboer, D. H. S. Richardson. 1977. The effect of time exposure to sulphur dioxide on potassium loss from and photosynthesis in the lichen Cladonia rangiferina (L.) Harm. New Phytologist 79: 147-155.
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