2015,    N 4 (20)    

ECOLOGY

Shchur A., Vinogradov D., Valko V., Fadkin G., Gogmachadze G.

Radiological features of migration of Cs-137 in vegetation in forest ecosystems of the Mogilyov area of Belarus, affected from the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

Objects are forest ecosystems with different density of radioactive contamination of Cherikov district, Mogilev region. Revealed an ambiguous impact of soil as a component of ecotopia on the transition of Cs-137 in forest vegetation of the lower tier. We have found a significant accumulation of radiocesium observed in herbaceous vegetation.

Keywords: FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, Cs-137, HERBACEOUS VEGETATION, SHRUB VEGETATION, SOIL AS A COMPONENT OF ECOTOPIA, FOREST FORMATIONS