Recent levels of radionuclides in lichens from southwest Poland with particular reference to 134Cs and 137Cs

Lichens as long-term biomonitors of air quality in central Italy

“…Need 45, 563-570 Amandinea punctata (1993, l), Arthonia patellulata (1993, l), Arthonia radiata (1993, l), Arthopyreniapunctiformis (1978, l), Bryoria sp. (1978, l), Caloplaca holocarpa (1993, l), Cladonia caespiticia (1993, I), Cladonia furcata (1993, l), Dimerellapineti (1993, l), Hyperphyscia adglutinata (1978, l), Lecania cyrtella ( reported in lichens from other parts of Europe (Seaward et al 1988;Bartok & Mocsy 1990;Sawidis & Heinrich 1992). As far as Italy is concerned, Adamo e t al.…”

Ecological half-life of 137Cs in lichens in an alpine region

“…The capacity of lichens to incorporate and store a variety of radioactive elements has been known since the period of atmospheric nuclear weapon tests (Larsson, 1970;Mattson, 1975;Holm and Persson, 1975;Eckl et al, 1984Eckl et al, , 1986. More pertinently, lichens were used as biomonitors of the radioactive fallout in the wake of the Chernobyl accident (Gaare, 1987;Seaward et al, 1988;Niemann et al, 1989;Feige et al, 1990;Sloof and Wolterbeek, 1992;Hofmann et al, 1993;Heinrich et al, 1999).…”

On monitoring anthropogenic airborne uranium concentrations and 235U/238U isotopic ratio by Lichen – bio-indicator technique

“…Lichens are also good radionuclide bioaccumulators (Notter, 1988). For example, lichens were used to assess radionuclide fall-out after the Chernobyl accident (Barci et al, 1988;Seaward et al, 1988;Mihok et al, 1989;Sloof and Wolterbeek, 1992;Hofmann et al, 1993;Triulzi et al, 1996;Sawidis et al, 1997;Conti and Cecchetti, 2001;Byazrov et al, 1993). In the suburbs of St. Petersburg Russia in the samples of Parmelia sulcata lichens gathered in the summer of 1991 contained 134 Cs levels in agreement with levels in soils in the same area (Khromov, 1991;Malysheva, 1996Malysheva, , 1998.…”