Effect of microbes on the uptake of60Co, 85Sr, 95MTc, 131I and134Cs by decomposing elm leaves in aquatic microcosms

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-62

  Bird, G A ^a   Schwartz, W ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detritus; Leaf litter; Microbes; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030468508     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020964     Document Type: Article

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