Aquatic mosses as a monitoring tool for 137Cs contamination in streams and rivers-a field study from central southern Norway

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 139-147

  Hongve, D ^a   Brittain, J E ^b   Bjornstad H E ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

137Cs; Aquatic mosses; Chernobyl; Fontinalis; Monitoring; Streams

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; RADIOACTIVITY; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AQUATIC MOSSES;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMONITORING; CESIUM ISOTOPE; MOSS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; FOOD CHAIN; LAKE; MOSS; NORWAY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RIVER; SCANDINAVIA; SPECIES;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; BRYOPSIDA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NORWAY; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UKRAINE;

NORWAY;

BRYOPHYTA; FONTINALIS; FONTINALIS ANTIPYRETICA; FONTINALIS DALECARLICA;

EID: 0036181866     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(01)00100-X     Document Type: Article

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