Scavenging of 137Cs, 109Cd, 65Zn, and 153Gd by plankton of the microbial food web in pelagic Lake Erie surface waters

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 776-790

  Twiss, Michael R ^a,b   Campbell, Peter G C ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fate; Microplankton; Nanoplankton; Particles; Picoplankton; Sorption; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; LAKE ERIE; UNITED STATES;

FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON; SCAVENGING; TRACE METAL;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032468588     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(98)70861-5     Document Type: Article

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