Biokinetics of radiocobalt in the asteroid Asterias rubens (Echinodermata): Sea water and food exposures

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 1-12, 1999, Pages 159-164

  Warnau, Michel ^a   Fowler, Scott W ^b   Teyssié, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 57; RADIOISOTOPE; SEA WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; COBALT ISOTOPE; KINETICS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTERIAS; BIOACCUMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD; HALF LIFE TIME; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURNOVER TIME;

ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 0032869343     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00179-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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