%0 Journal Article %A Shirokaya, Z. O. %A Pan'kov, I. V. %D 1999 %I Begell House %N 1 %P 158-173 %R 10.1615/HydrobJ.v35.i1.180 %T Higher Water Vegetation of the Kiev and Kakhovka Reservoirs after the Meltdown at the Chernobyl Atomic Power Station %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/38cb2223012b73f2,2631627a30793210,281431733a6a777f.html %V 35 %X The current state of vegetation cover was analyzed in the Kiev and Kakhovka reservoirs. Communities of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. and Typha angustifolia L. were shown to play the major role in water self-purification from radionuclide contamination. The radionuclide distribution between the overground and underground phytomass of these species was studied. %8 1999-02-01