Section

Ecology

Title

BIOMONITORING OF TRACE ELEMENT ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION ON THE ISLANDS OF THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC SECTOR BY MEANS OF MOSSES AND LICHENS

Сontributors

A.       V. Gorbunov, Senior Research Fellow, Geological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

S. M. Lyapunov, Ph. D. (Geology and mineralogy), Geological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

O.       I. Okina, Ph. D. (Engineering), Senior Research Fellow, Geological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

V. S. Sheshukov, Ph. D. (Engineering),

M. V. Frontasyeva, Ph. D. (Physics and Mathematics), Associate Professor, Head of the Department in the Laboratory of Neutron Physics in JINR, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

S.        S. Pavlov, leading engineer, Laboratory of Neutron Physics in JINR, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract

The aim of this work was to study the possibility of using the most typical for the Russian North mosses and lichens to assess environmental pollution with heavy and toxic metals of anthropogenic origin in various sectors of the Russian Arctic. Sampling was carried out on the Kola Peninsula, the Archipelago of Franz Joseph, the Peninsula Yamal, Kotelny Island, Wrangel Island and the Kamchatka Peninsula. The analysis of samples was performed using instrumental neutron activation (INAA), x-ray (RSA) and atomic absorption (AA) methods. Using these methods, the concentration of 26 elements in the soil, sphagnum mosses and lichens of the Cladonia and Parmelia families selected in the study areas was identified. The technique of neutralization of the litho- geochemical component when conducting biomonitoring was developed and tested. This methodology allowed us to highlight the anthropogenic component of atmospheric fallout on the overall litho-geochemical background. By using this technique the anomalies in the atmospheric deposition of zinc, selenium, mercury, cadmium, antimony and lead were identified in the study areas. A comparison of the possibilities of using sphagnum moss and lichens in the process of biomonitoring of atmospheric deposition in the Arctic regions was carried out.

Keywords

biomonitoring, moss, lichen, atmospheric deposition, anthropogenic impact, the Arctic territory.

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