Bryophytes and lichens as fallout originated radionuclide indicators in the Svalbard archipelago (High Arctic)

• Published in: Polar Science
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Anthropogenic pollution; Bioindicators; 137Cs; Cryptogamic species; Spitsbergen; Arctic; Svalbard; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard Archipelago; Adventdalen; Bory; Bellsund; Petuniabukta; Kaffiøyra; Sørkapp Land; Ny Ålesund; Polar Science
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=16062; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00015943/

Arctic environment is very sensitive to anthropogenic pollutants, especially in terms of radionuclide contamination which persists in polar regions due to very slow biological turnover rate. The main aim of the study was to determine concentrations of 137Cs in selected cryptogamic species (bryophyte...