Published August 1979
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Journal article
Plutonium uptake by Scenedesmus obliquus as a function of isotope and oxidation state
Creators
- 1. South Carolina Univ., Columbia (USA)
Description
Uptake of 238Pu4+, 238Pu6+, 239Pu4+ and 239Pu6+ by the green alga Scenedesmus obliquus (Turp) Kutz was studied to determine whether isotope or oxidation state differences affect Pu uptake from aqueous medium by algal cells. At equivalent 238Pu and 239PU concentrations, even when initial oxidation states differed, accumulations of these isotopes by S.obliquus were not significantly (p>0.05) different. Plutonium accumulation by S.obliquus was log-linear. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Environ. Exp. Bot.
- Journal Volume
- 19
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Environ. Exp. Bot.
- Journal Page Range
- 223-229
- ISSN
- 0098-8472
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 10494344
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CATIONS; CHEMICAL STATE; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; QUANTITY RATIO; SCENEDESMUS; UPTAKE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALGAE; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHARGED PARTICLES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; IONS; ISOTOPES; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEI; PLANTS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; UNICELLULAR ALGAE; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES