The distribution of 137Cs, K, Rb and Cs in plants in a Sphagnum-dominated peatland in eastern central Sweden

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-176

  Vinichuk, M ^a,b   Johanson, K J ^a   Rydin, H ^c   Rosen K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ZHYTOMYR STATE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fen; Sphagnum; Uptake; Vascular plant

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA; CALLUNA; IN-PLANTS; PEATLAND; VARIABLE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR PLANT; VULGARIS; WEAK CORRELATION;

RUBIDIUM; WETLANDS;

CESIUM;

CESIUM; CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; FEN; MOSS; PEATLAND; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CAREX ROSTRATA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPERACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ERIPHORUM VAGINATUM; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA; NONHUMAN; PEATLAND; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SHOOT; SPHAGNUM; SWEDEN; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM OXYCOCCOS; VASCULAR PLANT;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CYPERACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; PLANTS; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPHAGNOPSIDA; SWEDEN; VACCINIUM; WETLANDS;

SWEDEN;

ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CAREX ROSTRATA; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA; VACCINIUM OXYCOCCOS;

EID: 73049114466     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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