Plutonium(VI) accumulation and reduction by lichen biomass: Correlation with U(VI)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 339-353

  Ohnuki, Toshihiko ^a   Aoyagi, Hisao ^a   Kitatsuji, Yoshihiro ^a   Samadfam, Mohammad ^a   Kimura, Yasuhiko ^a   William Purvis, O ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Lichen; Plutonium; Reduction; Uptake; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BIOMASS; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

INCUBATION; MEDULLARY LAYERS; OXIDATION STATES;

PLUTONIUM;

HYDROXIDE; PLUTONIUM; URANIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; LICHEN; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; URANIUM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INCUBATION TIME; LAND BIOME; LICHEN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BIOMASS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; JAPAN; LICHENS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLUTONIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; BIOMASS; LICHENS; OXIDATION; RADIOISOTOPES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PARMOTREMA TINCTORUM;

EID: 4644314835     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.03.015     Document Type: Article

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