A time dependent behavior of radiocesium from the Fukushima-fallout in litterfalls of Japanese flowering cherry trees

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-39

  Yoshihara, Toshihiro ^a   Hashida, Shin nosuke ^a   Abe, Kazuhiro ^b   Ajito, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deciduous species; FDNPP; Fukushima; Potassium; Prunus x yedoensis; Radiocesium; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM;

DECIDUOUS SPECIES; FDNPP; FUKUSHIMA; PRUNUS X YEDOENSIS; RADIOCESIUM; WOODY PLANTS;

FORESTRY;

CESIUM; POTASSIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; FALLOUT; LEAF; LITTERFALL; PHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM; RADIONUCLIDE; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TRANSLOCATION; WOODY PLANT;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHERRY; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEFOLIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOWER; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GAMMA RADIATION; GROWING SEASON; JAPANESE; LEAF SENESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE SOIL; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; CERIUM; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; PLANTS; POTASSIUM; PRUNUS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

JAPAN;

PRUNUS SERRULATA VAR. LANNESIANA; PRUNUS X YEDOENSIS;

DECIDUOUS SPECIES; FDNPP; FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POTASSIUM; PRUNUS X YEDOENSIS; RADIOCESIUM; WOODY PLANTS;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; PLANT LEAVES; PRUNUS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885465344     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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