Seasonal variation of the 137Cs level and its relationship with potassium and carbon levels in conifer needles

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 441, Issue , 2012, Pages 194-208

  Rantavaara, Aino ^a   Vetikko, Virve ^a   Raitio, Hannu ^b   Aro, Lasse ^b  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Growth; Mobility; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Translocation; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; CARBON LEVEL; CONIFER NEEDLES; FINLAND; GROWTH PERIOD; INTERNAL SOURCE; NORWAY SPRUCE; PICEA ABIES; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; PINE NEEDLE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RETRANSLOCATION; ROOT UPTAKE; SCOTS PINE; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATION; TRANSFER RATES; TRANSLOCATION; TREE SPECIES; UPTAKE;

CARBON; CARRIER MOBILITY; FORESTRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); NEEDLES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM;

CESIUM;

CARBON; CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM; CESIUM;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; POTASSIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSLOCATION;

AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DORMANCY; FINLAND; NONHUMAN; NORWAY SPRUCE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTS PINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PINE; POLLUTANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; SPRUCE;

CARBON; CESIUM; CHEMICAL CARRIERS; ELONGATION; FINLAND; GROWTH; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POTASSIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSLOCATION;

FINLAND;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

AGE FACTORS; CARBON; CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; PICEA; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SEASONS; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84868241176     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.09.045     Document Type: Article

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