Application of molluscs for radioecological monitoring of the Chernobyl outburst

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-100

  Frantsevich, L ^a   Korniushin, A ^a   Pankov, I ^a   Ermakov, A ^a   Zakharchuk, T ^a  

^a SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Molluscs; Radioactive pollution; Radioecology

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RADIOISOTOPE; RIVER WATER; STRONTIUM 90;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOMETRY; SNAIL; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; MOLLUSC; MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0030301223     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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