Enrichment of uranium in particulate matter during litter decomposition affected by Gammarus pulex L.

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 8721-8726

  Schaller, Jörg ^a   Weiske, Arndt ^a   Mkandawire, Martin ^a   Dudel, E Gert ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALNUS GLUTINOSA (L.) GAERTN; DECOMPOSER COMMUNITIES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATERIALS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; URANIUM CONCENTRATION;

URANIUM;

ORGANIC MATTER; RADIOISOTOPE; URANIUM;

AMPHIPOD; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; DICOTYLEDON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; LEAF LITTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; GERMANY; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MINING; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT LEAF; PLANT LITTER; RIVER; SHRIMP; URANIUM MINE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GAMMARUS PULEX;

EID: 57449099895     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801456q     Document Type: Article

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