Seasonal variations in radionuclide transfer in a Mediterranean grazing-land ecosystem

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 283-302

  Baeza, A ^a   Paniagua, J ^a   Rufo, M ^a   Guillen J ^a   Sterling, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b Justo D   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean ecosystem; Pasture; Soil; Transfer coefficients

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEPOSITION; RADIOISOTOPES;

RADIONUCLIDE FLUXES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; STRONTIUM 90; THORIUM; THORIUM 228; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COMPARTMENT MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EFFUSION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIATION PROCESSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; TIME;

EID: 0035016552     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00196-X     Document Type: Article

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