Cesium-137 monitoring using mosses from W. Macedonia, N. Greece

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2620-2627

  Sawidis, Thomas ^a   Tsikritzis, Lazaros ^b   Tsigaridas, Konstantinos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

137Cs; Chernobyl; Indicators; Mosses; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOGRAPHY;

137CS; ARCHIVE MATERIALS; CAESIUM-137; CESIUM 137; CHERNOBYL; MACEDONIA; MOSS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SUBSTRATE SOILS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM 137;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DETECTION METHOD; FALLOUT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIONUCLIDE; TREE;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BARK; BEECH; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONIFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIPHYTE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GREECE; GROWTH RATE; MOSS; NONHUMAN; OAK; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MACEDONIA [GREECE]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS;

EID: 67349284322     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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