CESIUM-137 MONITORING USING LICHENS AND MOSSES FROM NORTHERN GREECE

Authors
SAWIDIS T HEINRICH G
Citation
T. Sawidis et G. Heinrich, CESIUM-137 MONITORING USING LICHENS AND MOSSES FROM NORTHERN GREECE, Canadian journal of botany, 70(1), 1992, pp. 140-144
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Canadian journal of botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084026
Volume
70
Issue
1
Year of publication
1992
Pages
140 - 144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4026(1992)70:1<140:CMULAM>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Cesium-137 content in lichens and mosses from northern Greece was meas ured for regular periods of time during the 5 years following the Cher nobyl reactor accident. A clear increase of the cesium interception wa s observed for about 2 years after the accident. Later a gradual decre ase was detected that depended on the habitat and the collected specie s. A great variation in values was observed when comparing contaminati on in all the habitats investigated during the same collecting season.