Dissolution of particle-reactive radionuclides in deposit-feeder digestive fluids

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1530-1536

  Shull, David H ^a   Mayer, Lawrence M ^a  

^a GORDON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSIT FEEDER; DISSOLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; RADIONUCLIDE;

ALGAE; ARENICOLA; ARENICOLA MARINA;

EID: 0036733385     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2002.47.5.1530     Document Type: Article

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