Effects of radioactive contamination on Scots pines in the remote period after the Chernobyl accident
Title: Effects of radioactive contamination on Scots pines in the remote period after the Chernobyl accident
Author: Geras’kin, Stanislav / Oudalova, Alla / Dikareva, Nina / Spiridonov, Sergey / Hinton, Thomas / Chernonog, Elena / Garnier-Laplace, Jacqueline
Reference: Ecotoxicology, 20 (6), p.1195-1208, Aug 2011 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0664-7
Keywords: Chernobyl accident, Radioactive contamination, Scots pine, Absorbed doses, Cytogenetic effects, Reproductive ability, Radio-adaptation
Abstract: A 6 year study of Scots pine populations inhabiting sites in the Bryansk region of Russia radioactively contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl accident is presented. In six study sites, 137Cs activity concentrations and heavy metal content in soils, as well as 137Cs, 90Sr and heavy metal concentrations in cones were measured. Doses absorbed in reproduction organs of pine trees were calculated using a dosimetric model. The maximum annual dose absorbed at the most contaminated site was about 130 mGy. Occurrence of aberrant cells scored in the root meristem of germinated seeds collected from pine trees growing on radioactively contaminated territories for over 20 years significantly exceeded the reference levels during all 6 years of the study. The data suggest that cytogenetic effects occur in Scots pine populations due to the radioactive contamination. However, no consistent differences in reproductive ability were detected between the impacted and reference populations as measured by the frequency of abortive seeds. Even though the Scots pine populations have occupied radioactively contaminated territories for two decades, there were no clear indications of adaptation to the radiation, when measured by the number of aberrant cells in root meristems of seeds exposed to an additional acute dose of radiation.
URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10646-011-0664-7
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