… litter is considered an active medium for radiocesium ( 137 Cs). To understand … 137 Cs
from forests to river systems, we investigated the characteristics of 137 Cs leaching from forest …

… in forest floor and surface soil layers in relation to regional and local characteristics. The …
Dynamics of 137Cs in the forest of the 30-km zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power …

… forest floor 137 Cs is deposited in the uppermost part of the organic layer, and there is little
migration of 137 Cs … In the first stage after a fallout event, about 90% of the 137 Cs trapped in …

… portion of deposited 137 Cs will be characteristic of one of the … The total flux per annum to
the forest floor (solid+liquid) is … state within the forest floor with respect to 137 Cs contamination. …

… 137 Cs transfer from canopies onto the forest floor, we monitored the 137 Cs in litterfall,
throughfall, and soil samples at a forest … 137 Cs in the soil and litterfall indicated that most 137 Cs …

… the 137 Cs binding characteristics of the forest floor horizons, … Though based on only three
forest floors, our investigations … to classify forest soils with respect to their sensitivity to 137 Cs …

… cycle of 137 Cs in forest ecosystems to develop appropriate forest management strategies,
such as protecting forest biota and forest workers from contamination or radiation exposure. …

… of 137 Cs in forest soils of selected coniferous forests in CZ that were variously affected by
loads of Chernobyl-derived 137 Cs … of deposited 137 Cs in coniferous forest ecosystems in the …

… on the litter surface in the forest floor at our study site. The result of this study thus suggests
that … The migration of 137 Cs by seepage water was characteristic for a very small part of the …

… all plots with similar ecological and fallout characteristics. Humidity of landscape and soil
type … between wood forest floor and soil is the most dynamic process in contaminated forests. …