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Table 2 Development of average air quality and hypertrophication index values in Wetzlar and Giessen from 1985 to 2010

From: Long-term monitoring of environmental change in German towns through the use of lichens as biological indicators: comparison between the surveys of 1970, 1980, 1985, 1995, 2005 and 2010 in Wetzlar and Giessen

Year

Average air quality index value (first digit), Wetzlar

Average air quality index value (first digit), Giessen

Average hypertrophication index value (second digit), Wetzlar

Average hypertrophication index value (second digit), Giessen

1985

2.1

1.1

1.2

1.0

1995

2.6

1.4

1.5

1.3

2005

3.1

2.4

2.3

1.6

2010

3.4

3.3

2.4

2.5