Uptake and translocation of radiocesium in cedar leaves following the Fukushima nuclear accident

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 502, Issue , 2015, Pages 611-616

  Nishikiori, Tatsuhiro ^a   Watanabe, Mirai ^a   Koshikawa, Masami K ^a   Takamatsu, Takejiro ^a   Ishii, Yumiko ^a   Ito, Shoko ^a   Takenaka, Akio ^a   Watanabe, Keiji ^a,b   Hayashi, Seiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN SAITAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

137Cs; Cryptomeria japonica; Foliar uptake; Fukushima; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; FOLIAR UPTAKE; FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; RADIOCESIUM; TRANSLOCATION;

CESIUM 137; CESIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; FALLOUT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAF; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THROUGHFALL; TRANSLOCATION; TREE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOLOGICAL TIME; JAPAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; LEAF SURFACE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRECIPITATION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; CEDRUS; CHEMISTRY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; TOHOKU; TSUKUBA;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

CEDRUS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; PLANT LEAVES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84907976475     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.063     Document Type: Article

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