Bioaccumulation of 137Cs and 85Sr by an Australian sub-tropical freshwater teleost (Bidyanus bidyanus)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-257

  Twining, John R ^a   Ferris, John M ^a   Markich, Scott J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

137Cs; 85Sr; bioaccumulation; freshwater; sub tropical; teleost fish

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; STRONTIUM 85;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

BIDYANUS BIDYANUS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CAESIUM-137; STRONTIUM-85;

EID: 0030577226     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05314-4     Document Type: Article

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