METHOD OF DETERMINING AREAS FOR HARVESTING BILBERRY UNDER OF CESIUM-137 CONTAMINATED TERRITORY CONDITIONS Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC G01N33/02 

FIELD: environmental monitoring.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to forestry and can be used for industrial harvest of bilberry on cesium-137 contaminated territories. Method resides in determining growth location conditions and contamination density, and measuring projective moss cover. Appropriateness of an area for harvesting bilberry is found from formula: wherein A_n is bilberry contamination norm (Bc/kg); P is ¹³⁷Cs contamination density in selected forest area (kBc/m²); p projective sphagnum moss covering on envisaged harvesting area (%); q projective green moss covering on envisaged harvest area (%); t and g, respectively, are coefficients taking into account growth condition profusion typology and moistening condition typology in selected forest area wherein envisaged harvesting area is situated (t=1, 2, 3, 4; g=1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

EFFECT: increased estimation accuracy and reliability.

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