Uptake of 137Cs by berries, mushrooms and needles of Scots pine in peatland forests after wood ash application

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1055-1060

  Vetikko, Virve ^a   Rantavaara, Aino ^a   Moilanen, Mikko ^b  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

137Cs; Fertilization; P. sylvestris; Peatland forests; Potassium; Wood ash

Indexed keywords

137CS; FERTILIZATION; P. SYLVESTRIS; PEATLAND; WOOD ASH;

CESIUM; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FRUITS; FUNGI; NEEDLES; POTASSIUM; WETLANDS; WOOD;

WOOD FUELS;

CESIUM 137; CESIUM; FERTILIZER;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; ENERGY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; FUEL; GROWING SEASON; MUSHROOM; PEATLAND; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RECYCLING; WOOD ASH;

ARTICLE; BERRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY YIELD; FERTILIZATION; FINLAND; FOREST; MUSHROOM; NEEDLE; PEATLAND; PINE; RECYCLING; WOOD ASH; AGARICALES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SCOTS PINE; SEASON; TREE; WOOD;

ASH; CESIUM; ECOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; FORESTS; FRUITS; FUELS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POTASSIUM; WETLANDS; WOOD;

FINLAND;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

AGARICALES; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; FINLAND; FRUIT; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; RECYCLING; SEASONS; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 77957345662     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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