title: Bioindication of the anthropogenic effects on micropopulations of Pinus sylvestris, L. in the vicinity of a plant for the storage and processing of radioactive waste and in the Chernobyl NPP zone.
abstract: Results of a comparative analysis of the frequency and spectrum of cytogenetic anomalies are presented for reproductive (seeds) and vegetative (needles) samples taken from Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris, L.) micropopulations growing at sites with differing levels of radioactive contamination in the Chernobyl NPP 30 km zone, and at the location of a facility for the processing and storage of radioactive wastes (the 'Radon' LWPE, near the town of Sosnovy Bor in the Leningrad Region). The data obtained indicate the presence of genotoxic contaminants in the environment of the tree micropopulations. Chemical toxins make the main contribution to the environmental contamination in the Sosnovy Bor area as compared with the influence of ionising radiation in the Chernobyl 30 km zone. The higher radioresistance of seeds of Scotch pine growing on the area of the 'Radon' LWPE and in the centre of Sosnovy Bor town was revealed with acute gamma-radiation.
authors.affiliation: Russian Institute of Agricultural Radiology and Agroecology, 249020 Obninsk, Kaluga Region, Russia. riar@obninsk.org
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Geraskin
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Zimina
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Dikarev
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Dikareva
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Zimin
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Vasiliyev
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Oudalova
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Blinova
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Alexakhin
mesh_terms: D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003582:Cytogenetics; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D005720:Gamma Rays / Q000009:adverse effects; D006256:Hazardous Waste / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D018519:Meristem / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects; D028223:Pinus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D041605:Pinus sylvestris; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects; D011156:Population Density; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011850:Radioactive Waste / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D012639:Seeds / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects; D014455:Ukraine
chemical_list: D006256:Hazardous Waste; D011850:Radioactive Waste