Radionuclide levels in caribou of Northern Alaska in 1995-96

Arctic

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-288

  O'Hara, Todd M ^a   Dasher, Doug ^b   George, John C ^a   Woshner, Victoria ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b Alaska Department Environmental Conservation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Caribou; Project Chariot; Radionuclides; Rangifer

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; MASS MORTALITY; RADIONUCLIDE; UNGULATE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0032739501     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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