Soil-Dependent Uptake of super(137) by Mushrooms: Experimental Study in the Chernobyl Accident Areas

• Published in: Journal of environmental radioactivity Vol. 89; no. 3; p. 199
• Main Authors: Kaduka, M V, Shutov, V N, Bruk, GYa, Balonov, MI, Brown, JE, Strand, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01-01-2006
• ISSN: 0265-931X

The influence of agrochemical properties of forest soils and growth conditions on super(137)Cs aggregated transfer factors from soil to different species of forest mushrooms was analyzed. Statistically significant correlations between super(137)Cs soil to mushroom aggregated transfer factors and agrochemical soil properties were revealed. The experimental data showed that super(137)Cs aggregated transfer factors depended on the mushroom's trophic group, biological family, genus and species. They also strongly depended on forest soil properties and their values could be estimated with the use of multiple regression equations constructed from agrochemical soil parameters which most closely correlated with the super(137)Cs transfer parameters for particular mushroom groups.