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Leaves of higher plants as biomonitors of radionuclides (137Cs, 40K, 210Pb and 7Be) in urban air
Authors:Dragana Todorovi?  Dragana Popovi?  Jelena Ajti?  Jelena Nikoli?
Institution:1. Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vin?a, Department of Radiation and Environmental Protection, University of Belgrade, P. O. Box 522, 11001, Belgrade, Serbia
2. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, Bulevar oslobodjenja 18, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract:Leaves of linden (Tilia tomentosa L. and Tilia cordata Mill.) and horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum L.) were analysed as biomonitors of radionuclides in urban air. Samples of soils, leaves and aerosols were collected in Belgrade, Serbia. Activities of 137Cs, 40K, 210Pb and 7Be in the samples were measured on an HPGe detector by standard gamma spectrometry. “Soil-to-leaves” transfer factors were calculated. Student’s t test and linear Pearson correlation coefficients were used for statistical analysis. Differences in local conditions at the sampling sites were not significant, and the mechanisms of the radionuclides’ accumulation in both plant species are similar. Ceasium-137 was detected in some of the leaf samples only. Transfer factors for 137Cs and 40K were (0.03–0.08) and 1.3, respectively. The concentrations of 210Pb and 7Be in leaves were higher in autumn than in spring, and there were some similarities in their seasonal patterns in leaves and in air. Weak to medium correlation was obtained for the 210Pb and 7Be activities in leaves and aerosols. Large positive correlation was obtained for the 210Pb activities in linden leaves and the mean activity in aerosols for the preceding months. Different primary modes of radionuclides accumulation in leaves were observed. Since large positive correlation was obtained for the 210Pb activity in linden leaves and the mean in aerosols for the preceding months, mature linden leaves could be used as biomonitors of recent 210Pb activity in air.
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