Plutonium in fish, algae, and sediments in the Barents, Petshora and Kara Seas

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 79-87

  Ikaheimonen T K ^a   Rissanen, K ^a   Matishov, D G ^b   Matishov, G G ^b  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b MURMANSK MARINE BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Algae; Arctic sea; Fish; Plutonium; Sediment

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM; SEA WATER;

ALGAE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; FISH; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ALGA; BIOACCUMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

BARENTS SEA; KARA SEA; PECHORA SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 0342762059     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00106-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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