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At the time that the author started her investigations, it was already known that mushrooms, lichens and mosses are characterized by a number of properties which indicate them as potential biological indicators of radio contaminants. These characteristics are wide distribution in nature, prolonged life time, eurytopness and a certain degree of tolerance. The specificity of the anatomical and morphological structure as well as the peculiarities of the physiology of these organisms favour their active accumulating function.
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Nifontova, M.G. (1996). Mushrooms, Lichens and Mosses as Biological Indicators of Radioactive Environmental Contamination. In: Luykx, F.F., Frissel, M.J. (eds) Radioecology and the Restoration of Radioactive-Contaminated Sites. NATO ASI Series, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0301-2_12
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