Geotrupine beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) as bio-monitors of man-made radioactivity

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 296-301

  Mietelski, Jerzy W ^a   Szwałko, Przemysław ^b   Tomankiewicz, Ewa ^a   Gaca, Paweł ^a   Grabowska, Sylwia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; CESIUM; PLUTONIUM; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; FOREST; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SAMPLING;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; BEETLES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLAND; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; UKRAINE;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; GEOTRUPIDAE; INSECTA; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 0344080450     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b212592g     Document Type: Article

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