The translocation of caesium and silver by fungi in some scottish soils

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 6-8, 1997, Pages 635-650

  Anderson, Peter ^a   Davidson, Christine M ^a   Littlejohn, David ^a   Ure, Allan M ^a   Shand, Charles A ^b   Cheshire, Martin V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAESIUM; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; RADIONUCLIDE; SILVER; TRANSLOCATION;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0030617037     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629709369816     Document Type: Article

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