Variability of Norway spruce reproductive and growth processes in various areas of chronic radioactive contamination of Bryansk region Chernobyl zone’s broad-leaved forests.

Title: Variability of Norway spruce reproductive and growth processes in various areas of chronic radioactive contamination of Bryansk region Chernobyl zone’s broad-leaved forests.

Author: Alyeshin, Igor Vladimirovich

Reference: Bryansk, 2006

Keywords: Bryansk region, spruce, dendrology, ecology

Abstract: The purpose of the study – to study the variability of reproductive and growth processes of Norway spruce in various areas of chronic radioactive contamination of Bryansk region Chernobyl zone’s broad-leaved forests.

URL:http://www.dissercat.com/content/izmenchivost-reproduktivnykh-i-rostovykh-protsessov-eli-evropeiskoi-v-razlichnykh-zonakh-khr

Chernobyl fallout in a Swedish spruce forest ecosystem

• Title: Chernobyl fallout in a Swedish spruce forest ecosystem

Author: McGee, E.J. / Synnott, H.J. / Johanson, K.J. / Fawaris, B.H. / Nielsen, S.P. / Horrill, A.D. / Kennedy, V.H. / (…) / McGarry, A.T.

Reference: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 48 (1), p.59-78, Mar 2000

doi: 10.1016/S0265-931X(99)00057-0

Keywords: Chernobyl; Forest; Radiocaesium

Abstract: An assessment of the distribution of Chernobyl fallout in a Swedish forest was carried out and showed more than 95% of the in the system to be of Chernobyl origin. The data show that approximately 87% of total fallout is found in soils, 6% in the bryophyte layer and 7% in standing biomass of trees. The mean deposition of in the system (including soils, bryophytes, understorey vegetation, fungi, trees, moose and roe deer) was 54 kBq m⁻². Fungi, understorey vegetation and ruminant populations collectively contained approximately 1% of total radiocaesium in the system.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X99000570