Accumulation history of radionuclides in the lichen Stereocaulon vesuvianum from Mt. Vesuvius (south Italy)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 455-461

  Adamo, P ^a   Arienzo, M ^a   Pugliese, M ^a   Roca, V ^a   Violante, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Lichen; Mt. Vesuvius; Radionuclides; Residence time

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS;

PLANT THALLUS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM 106;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; LICHEN; RADIONUCLIDE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DERIVATIZATION; DRY WEIGHT; FALLOUT; HIGHER PLANT; HISTORY; ITALY; LICHEN; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; TIME;

CAMPANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VESUVIUS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; STEREOCAULON; STEREOCAULON VESUVIANUM;

EID: 0345724871     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00193-3     Document Type: Article

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