Estimating radionuclide transfer to wild species - Data requirements and availability for terrestrial ecosystems

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 24, Issue 4 A, 2004, Pages

  Beresford, N A ^a   Broadley, M R ^b   Howard, B J ^a   Barnett, C L ^a   White, P J ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION; RADIOACTIVITY;

BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSFER; SPECIES;

RADIOISOTOPES;

AMERICIUM; CARBON 14; CESIUM; CHLORINE 36; COBALT; IODINE; LEAD; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFUR 35; TECHNETIUM; THORIUM; TRITIUM; URANIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; LAND BIOME; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY BURDEN; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORECASTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL;

EID: 12344334953     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/24/4A/006     Document Type: Review

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