Assessment of 210Po and 210Pb by moss biomonitoring technique in Thrace region of Turkey

Önder Kılıç; Murat Belivermiş; Ercan Sıkdokur; Narin Sezer; Sema Akyıl Erentürk; Sevilay Haciyakupoglu; Afag Madadzada; Marina Frontasyeva

doi:10.1007/s10967-019-06721-4

Assessment of ²¹⁰Po and ²¹⁰Pb by moss biomonitoring technique in Thrace region of Turkey

Önder Kılıç^*, Murat Belivermiş, Ercan Sıkdokur, Narin Sezer, Sema Akyıl Erentürk, Sevilay Haciyakupoglu, Afag Madadzada, Marina Frontasyeva

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Abstract

This study presents the first data of ²¹⁰Po and ²¹⁰Pb activity concentrations using moss species Hypnum cupressiforme from Thrace region, the northwestern part of Turkey. The moss samples were systematically collected from 40 locations in the study area. The average with standard deviation and range of ²¹⁰Po and ²¹⁰Pb activity concentrations were found to be 409 ± 128, 188–777 and 494 ± 183, 178–852 Bq kg⁻¹ at dry weight, respectively. Comparatively higher radionuclide activities were found in the northeastern Thrace, probably due to ²²²Rn daughters attached to aerosols through high rainfall in this part of the region. A significant positive correlation was found between ²¹⁰Po and ²¹⁰Pb, which shows that their source and/or bioaccumulation behavior are similar. The average and range of ²¹⁰Po/²¹⁰Pb ratio were calculated to be 0.89 and 0.47–2.67, respectively. Those levels were calculated to be mostly lower than unity that addressed the abundance of ²¹⁰Pb, probably due to predominantly inorganic particles through atmospheric deposition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	699-706
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	322
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06721-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2019

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© 2019, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.

Funding

This study was funded by Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Istanbul University. Project Numbers: BYP-2018-29637 and FUA-2018-30096. This study was funded by Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Istanbul University. Project Numbers: BYP-2018-29637 and FUA-2018-30096.

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Istanbul Üniversitesi	BYP-2018-29637, FUA-2018-30096

Keywords

Biomonitoring
Moss
Pb
Po
Thrace region

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