Bioaccumulation of cesium-137 in yellow bullhead catfish (Ameiurus natalis) inhabiting an abandoned nuclear reactor reservoir

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 328-335

  McCreedy, Clark D ^a   Jagoe, Charles H ^b   Glickman, Lawrence T ^a   Brisbin Jr , I Lehr ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Radiocesium; Richards model; Size effect; Yellow bullhead catfish

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; CATFISH; GILL; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMEIURUS NATALIS; ANIMALIA; COTTUS GOBIO; ICTALURIDAE;

EID: 0031042149     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<0328:BOCIYB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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