Radiocaesium accumulation in stemwood: Integrated approach at the scale of forest stands for contaminated Scots pine in Belarus

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-136

  Goor, François ^a   Thiry, Yves ^a   Delvaux, Bruno ^b  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Forest ecosystem; Modelling; Radiocaesium; Root uptake

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

'CURRENT; BELARUS; CONTAMINATED FORESTS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST STAND; IMMOBILISATION; MODELING; RADIOCAESIUM; ROOT UPTAKE; STEMWOODS;

CONTAMINATION;

CESIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; POLLUTION EFFECT; ROOT; SOIL POLLUTION; TREE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; FOREST STAND; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PREDICTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RELIABILITY; SCOTS PINE; SOURCE SINK RELATIONSHIP; TREE; WOODY STEM;

BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 34547109609     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. 137Cs in the various horizons of a forest soil under pine. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 28 1 (1995) 17-34
2. Cremers A., Elsen A., Valcke E., Wauters J., Sandalls F., and Gaudern S. Quantitative analysis of radiocaesium retention in soils. Nature 335 (1990) 247-249
3. Davydchuk V. Radioactively contaminated forests: GIS application for the remedial policy development and environmental risk assessment. In: Linkov I., and Schell W.R. (Eds). Contaminated forests: recent developments in risk identification and future perspectives (1999), Kluwer Academic, Kiev 369-376
4. Delvaux B., Kruyts N., and Cremers A. Rhizospheric mobilization of radiocesium in soils. Environmental Science and Technology 34 (2000) 1489-1493
5. Eissenstat D.M., and Van Rees K.C.J. The growth and function of pine roots. Ecological Bulletins 43 (1994) 76-91
6. 137Cs by forest trees following the Chernobyl accident. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 40 (2001) 105-113
7. Fogel R. Root turnover and productivity of coniferous forests. Plant and Soil 71 (1983) 75-85
8. Goor, F., 2003. Processes and dynamics of radiocaesium cycling in Chernobyl-contaminated pine forests: a multi-scale approach. Faculté d'ingéniérie biologique, agronomique et environnementale, UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
9. 137Cs cycling in forest ecosystems. Environmental Modelling and Software 18 (2003) 273-279
10. Goor F., and Thiry Y. Processes, dynamics and modelling of radiocaesium cycling in a chronosequence of Chernobyl-contaminated Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) plantations. Science of the Total Environment 325 (2004) 163-180
11. Goor F., Davydchuk V., and Vandenhove H. GIS-based methodology for Chernobyl contaminated land management through biomass conversion into energy-a case study for Polessie, Ukraine. Biomass and Bioenergy 25 (2003) 409-421
12. Goskom, 1984. Normative material for forest taxation in Belarus. USSR Forest Management Committee, Moscow, Russia (in Russian).
13. Ipatyev V., Bulavik I., Baginsky V., Goncharenko G., and Dvornik A. Forest and Chernobyl: forest ecosystems after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident: 1986-1994. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 42 (1999) 9-38
14. ISSS, 1998. World Reference Base for Soil Resources: Keys to Reference Soil Groups of the World. World Soil Resource Report No 84, FAO, Rome, Italy
15. 137Cs contamination of Europe after the Chernobyl accident. In: Karaoglou, G.D.A., Kelly, G.N., Menzel, H.G. (Eds.), The Radiological Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident. EUR 16544 EN, Brussels, Belgium
16. Kalela E.K. On the horizontal roots in pine and spruce stand I. Acta Forestalia Fennica 57 2 (1949)
17. 137Cs fluxes in forest ecosystems. In: Linkov I., and Schell W.R. (Eds). Contaminated forests: recent developments in risk identification and future perspectives (1999), Kluwer Academic, Kiev 71-76
18. Kruyts N., and Delvaux B. Soil organic horizons as a major source for radiocesium biorecycling in forest ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 58 (2002) 175-190
19. Kruyts N., Titeux H., and Delvaux B. Mobility of radiocesium in three distinct forest floors. The Science of the Total Environment 319 (2004) 241-252
20. Makkonen K., and Helmisaari H.S. Assessing fine-root biomass and production in a Scots pine stand-comparison of soil core and root ingrowth core methods. Plant and Soil 210 (1999) 43-50
21. 137Cs vertical migration in a forest soil. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 28 2 (1995) 161-170
22. Melin J., Wallberg L., and Suomela J. Distribution and retention of cesium and strontium in Swedish boreal forest ecosystems. The Science of the Total Environment 157 (1994) 93-105
23. 137Cs cycling in forests: recent developments and research needed. The Science of Total Environment 136 (1993) 77-91
24. Nimis P.L. Radiocaesium in plants of forest ecosystems. Studia Geobotanica 15 (1996) 3-49
25. Page A.L., Miller R.H., and Keeney D.R. Methods of Soil Analysis: Part 2: Chemical and Microbiological Properties. second ed (1982), American Society of Agronomy and Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI, USA
26. Persson H. Fine-root dynamics in a Scots pine stand with and without near-optimum nutrient and water regimes. Acta Phytogeographica Suecica 68 (1980) 101-110
27. Persson H. The distribution and productivity of fine roots in boreal forests. Plant and Soil 71 (1983) 87-101
28. Plamboeck A.H., Nylen T., and Grip H. Uptake of cations under two different water regimes in a boreal Scots pine forest. The Science of the Total Environment 256 (2000) 175-183
29. Sawhney B.L. Selective sorption and fixation of cations by clay minerals: a review. Clays and Clay Minerals 20 (1972) 93-100
30. 137Cs. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 56 (2001) 185-208
31. Shcheglov A.I. Dynamics of radionuclide redistribution and pathways in forest environments: long-term field research in different landscapes. In: Linkov I., and Schell W.R. (Eds). Contaminated Forests: Recent Developments in Risk Identification and Future Perspectives (1999), Kluwer Academic, Kiev 23-39
32. Shcheglov A.I., Tsvetnova O.B., and Klyashtorin A.L. Biogeochemical Migration of Technogenic Radionuclides in Forest Ecosystems (2001), Moscow Nauka, Moscow, Russia
33. 137Cs by phytocomponents of forest ecosystem depending on edaphic conditions. Ukrainian Geographical Journal 1 (1996) 44-48
34. Strebl F., Gerzabek M.H., Bossew P., and Kienzl K. Distribution of radiocaesium in an Austrian forest stand. The Science of the Total Environment 226 (1999) 75-83
35. Sweeck L., Wauters J., Valcke E., and Cremers A. The specific interception potential of soils for radiocaesium. Transfer of radionuclides in natural and semi-natural environments (1990), Elsevier Applied Science, London, UK
36. Thiessen K.M., Thorne M.C., Maul P.R., Pröhl G., and Wheater H.S. Modelling radionuclide distribution and transport in the environment. Environmental Pollution 100 (1999) 151-177
37. Thiry Y., and Myttenaere C. Behavior of radiocaesium in forest multilayered soils. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 18 (1993) 247-257
38. Thiry Y., Kruyts N., and Delvaux B. Respective horizon contributions to cesium-137 soil-to-plant transfer: a pot experiment approach. Journal of Environmental Quality 29 (2000) 1194-1199
39. Thiry Y., Goor F., and Riesen T. The true distribution and accumulation of radiocaesium in stem of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 58 (2002) 243-259
40. Tikhomirov F.A., and Shcheglov A.I. Main investigation results on the forest radioecology in the Kyshtym and Chernobyl accident zones. The Science of the Total Environment 157 (1994) 45-57
41. Tikhomirov F.A., Shcheglov A.I., and Sidorov V.P. Forest and forestry: radiation protection measures with special reference to the Chernobyl accident zone. The Science of the Total Environment 137 (1993) 289-305
42. 137Cs distributions in upland soils. Catena 43 (2001) 81-99
43. van der Perk M., Burema J., Vandenhove H., Goor F., and Timofeyev S. Spatial assessment of the economic feasibility of short rotation coppice on radioactively contaminated land in Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. I. Model description and scenario analysis. Journal of Environmental Management 72 (2004) 217-232