Bioaccumulation of 137Cs in pelagic food webs in the Norwegian and Barents Seas

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-185

  Heldal, Hilde Elise ^a   Føyn, Lars ^a   Varskog, Per ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Caesium 137; Marine food webs; The Barents Sea; The Norwegian Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONTAMINATION; FISHERIES; RADIOACTIVITY;

BIOACCUMULATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CESIUM 137; SEA WATER; CESIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; FOOD WEB; MARINE POLLUTION; PELAGIC FISH;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC HERRING; BIOACCUMULATION; CEPHALOPOD; COPEPOD; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FISH; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PELAGIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCHAETA; PORPOISE; SHRIMP; ZOOPLANKTON; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

BARENTS SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

AMPHIPODA; EUPHAUSIACEA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; THEMISTO;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BODY WEIGHT; CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; NORWAY; PORPOISES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0346035835     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(02)00095-4     Document Type: Article

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