K. Wilkins, H. Cathcart, Padraig Hickey, O. Hanley, L. Vintró, J. Aherne
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Rather, 137Cs was weakly correlated with rainfall, with higher concentrations along the west coast, suggesting that the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident was also a potential source. Average annual rainfall was a significant predictor of 210Pb activity (linear regression, R2 = 0.63, p < 0.001). As such, the highest radionuclide activity was observed for 210Pb (average: 541 Bq kg–1), owing to the high levels of precipitation across the study sites (average: 1585 mm). In contrast, 7Be or 40K were not correlated with precipitation; rather, 40K and 7Be were significantly correlated to each other (rs = 0.7), suggesting that both radionuclides were transferred from the substrate or through soil re-suspension. Precipitation is widely reported as an important factor in the spatial distribution of radionuclides; however, only 210Pb activity concentrations in moss were strongly influenced by precipitation in the current study.","PeriodicalId":20301,"journal":{"name":"Pollutants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Influence of Precipitation on the Spatial Distribution of 210Pb, 7Be, 40K and 137Cs in Moss\",\"authors\":\"K. Wilkins, H. Cathcart, Padraig Hickey, O. Hanley, L. Vintró, J. Aherne\",\"doi\":\"10.3390/pollutants3010009\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"Mosses have been widely used as biomonitors of a variety of atmospheric pollutants, including radionuclides. 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Influence of Precipitation on the Spatial Distribution of 210Pb, 7Be, 40K and 137Cs in Moss
Mosses have been widely used as biomonitors of a variety of atmospheric pollutants, including radionuclides. Here we determine the radionuclide activity concentration of 210Pb, 137Cs, 7Be, and 40K in moss tissue (Hylocomium splendens) collected from 24 sites across Ireland and assess the influence of precipitation on radionuclide spatial distribution. Lead-210 was the most abundant radionuclide (range: 226–968 Bq kg–1), followed by 7Be (range:
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