Temporal variations of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in sea otter skull tissue in the North Pacific Ocean

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Baskaran, M ^a   Hong, G H ^b   Dayton, S ^c   Bodkin, J L ^d   Kelley, J J ^e  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association Inc   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

210Pb in bone; 239,240Pu; Amchitka; Radionuclide leakage; Sea otters

Indexed keywords

BONE; ECOSYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; RADIOISOTOPES; TISSUE;

TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM 137; LEAD 210; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90;

BIOACCUMULATION; BONE; MUSTELID; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PILOT STUDY; SKULL; TIME;

(NORTH); ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036405605     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(02)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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