Concentrations of plutonium and americium in plankton from the western Mediterranean Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 311, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 233-245

  Sanchez Cabeza, Joan Albert ^a   Merino, Juan ^a   Masqué, Pere ^a   Mitchell, Peter I ^b   Vintró, L León ^b   Schell, William R ^c   Cross, Lluïsa ^d   Calbet, Albert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Americium; Environmental radioactivity; Mediterranean Sea; Palomares; Plankton; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; SEAWATER;

FOOD CHAINS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACTINIDE; AMERICIUM; PLUTONIUM; SEA WATER;

FOOD CHAIN; MARINE POLLUTION; PLANKTON; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TISSUE LEVEL;

(WEST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CERATIUM;

EID: 0037785053     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00053-6     Document Type: Article

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