Lichens as indicators of tritium and radiocarbon contamination

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 323, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 253-262

  Daillant, Olivier ^a   Kirchner, Gerald ^b,e   Pigrée, Gilbert ^c   Porstendörfer, Justin ^d  

^a Observatoire Mycologique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Assoc Pour Le Controle R   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomonitors; Lichens; Photosynthesis; Radiocarbon; Tritium

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRITIUM;

MILITARY NUCLEAR FACILITIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CARBON 14; MERCURY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TRITIUM;

BIOMONITORING; LICHEN; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; INDUSTRY; LICHENS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; LICHENS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POWER PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TRITIUM;

BOURGOGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

TRITIUM;

EID: 1842686011     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.09.030     Document Type: Article

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