Сибирский федеральный университет

Тип публикации: статья из журнала

Год издания: 2021

Идентификатор DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106461

Ключевые слова: bioindicator, biomonitor, correlation with discharge, effective half-life, epiphytic biofilm, radiocesium

Аннотация: Long-term trends of artificial radionuclides, from 2003 to 2018, in two abundant species of macrophytes, shining pondweed, Potamogeton lucens, and water moss, Fontinalis antipyretica, have been analyzed to estimate the indicative reliability of these two species as biomonitors of radioactive contamination in a river system and to quantify the decrease in the content of artificial radionuclides in the Yenisei River. Time-dependent trends of artificial radionuclides in the biomass of these species were similar, resulting in estimates of effective half-lives for 54Mn, 58Co, 60Co, 65Zn, 137Cs, and 152Eu similar for both species. Concentrations of artificial radionuclides in biomass of shining pondweed and water moss correlated with annual discharges of the radionuclides to the Yenisei at different levels of significance, and the strongest (R2 > 0.7) positive correlation (p < 0.05) was obtained for 60Co, 65Zn, and 152Eu. Concentrations of 60Co, 137Cs, and 152Eu in water moss were 2–7.5 times higher than in shining pondweed, and considerable percentages of those isotopes were recorded in extracellular particulate matter, which was largely represented by epiphytic diatoms. Higher concentrations of artificial radionuclides in the biomass of water moss can be considered as an advantage of water moss as a monitor of radioactive contamination of the Yenisei, while shining pondweed is more useful for estimation of annual deposits of radionuclides in vegetation of the Yenisei and spatial transfer of radionuclides downstream of the discharge site. Despite differences in concentrations of artificial radionuclides, both species can be considered as reliable indicators of radioactive contamination of the river on a long-term scale. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd

Журнал: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Выпуск журнала: Vol. 227

Номера страниц: 106461

ISSN журнала: 0265931X

Издатель: Elsevier Ltd

• Zotina Tatiana (RAS, Krasnoyarsk Sci Ctr SB, Fed Res Ctr, Inst Biophys, 50-50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia; Siberian Fed Univ, Inst Fundamental Biol & Biotechnol, 79 Svobodny Ave, Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia)
• Dementyev Dmitry (RAS, Krasnoyarsk Sci Ctr SB, Fed Res Ctr, Inst Biophys, 50-50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia)
• Alexandrova Yuliyana (RAS, Krasnoyarsk Sci Ctr SB, Fed Res Ctr, Inst Biophys, 50-50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia)

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