Temporal changes in concentration of radiocaesium in lake sediment and fish of southern Finland as related to environmental factors

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 125-136

  Särkkä, Jukka ^a   Keskitalo, Anneli ^a   Luukko, Antti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cesium 137; Chernobyl; Perch; Pike; Roach; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CESIUM 137; LAKE WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; TRIXIS;

CONTAMINATION; FISH; LAKE; LAKE SEDIMENT; RADIOCAESIUM; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

FINLAND;

EID: 0030592596     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05254-0     Document Type: Article

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