Content of Mosses and Lichens from Livingston Island (Antarctica) As Determined by Instrumental

Content of Mosses and Lichens from Livingston Island (Antarctica) as determined by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA)-Supplementary Material

Otilia A. Culicov1,2 Liliana Yurukova3 Octavian G. Duliu1,4 Inga Zinicovscaia1,5

1Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Frank Neutron Physics Laboratory, 141980 Dubna, Russian Federation. 2National Research and Development Institute for Electrical Engineering (ICPE-Advanced Research), 30, Splaiul Unirii, 74204 Bucharest, Romania. 3Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Acad. G. Bonchev Str, Block 23, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria. 4University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics Department of Structure of Matter Earth and Atospheric Physics and Astrophysics, 405, Atomistilor str, P.O. Box MG-11, 077125 Magurele (Ilfov), Romania. 5Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 30, Reactorului str., P.O.Box MG-6, 077125 Magurele (Ilfov), Romania.

Table 1: The correlation coefficients regarding the distribution of major and trace elements between Usnea antarctica (U. ant) and Usnea aurantiaco-atra (U.ar) lichens and altitude. In bold are represented significant positive correlation (r > 0.65) while italics illustrate the significant negative correlations (r < 0.65) both at p<0.05

Element rU.anth rU.arh Element rU.anth rU.arh Na -0.40 -0.96 Zr 0.61 -0.04 Mg -0.93 0.23 Mo -0.97 -0.72 Al 0.10 -0.96 Sn -0.10 0.29 Cl -0.86 -0.41 Sb 0.60 -0.81 K -0.98 -0.71 I 0.60 0.36 Ca -0.83 0.01 Cs -0.92 -0.72 Ti -0.69 -1.00 Ba 0.19 -0.01 Mn 0.77 -0.18 La -0.19 -0.96 Fe -0.79 -0.96 Ce -0.30 0.24 Sc -0.22 -1.00 Gd -0.31 0.63 V -0.63 -0.50 Sm -0.22 -0.86 Cr -0.71 -1.00 Tb -0.21 0.30 Co -0.71 -0.25 Dy 0.12 -0.25 Ni -0.91 -0.27 Tm -0.35 0.95 Zn -0.62 -0.64 Lu -0.98 -0.96 As 0.59 0.62 Hf -0.82 -0.24

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1 Se 0.29 -0.74 Ta -0.26 -0.26 Br -0.88 -0.94 W 0.79 -0.99 Rb -0.90 -0.37 Th -0.36 0.10 Sr -0.80 -0.84 U -0.95 -0.76