Transfer and behaviour of 137Cs in two Finnish lakes and their catchments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 394, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 349-360

  Saxén, Ritva ^a   Ilus, Erkki ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Caesium 137; Chernobyl fallout; Freshwater fish; Lake sediments; Mushrooms

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; AQUATIC PLANTS; CHERNOBYL FALLOUT; FRESHWATER FISH; LAKE SEDIMENTS; MUSHROOMS; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

CESIUM COMPOUNDS;

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM; WATER; CESIUM; FRESH WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; FALLOUT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGRAPHY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; MUSHROOM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CATCHMENT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FINLAND; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROGRAPHY; LAKE; LAND BIOME; MUSHROOM; PH; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL; SWAMP; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; AGARICALES; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRUIT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

AGARICALES; ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; FRESH WATER; FRUIT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 40849111350     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.01.048     Document Type: Article

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