Optimisation of sampling for the temporal monitoring of technetium-99 in the Arctic marine environment

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-130

  Dowdall, Mark ^a   Gerland, Sebastian ^b   Karcher, Michael ^c,d   Gwynn, Justin P ^a   Rudjord, Anne Liv ^a   Kolstad, Anne Katherine ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d OASys Ocean Atmopshere Systems   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; Monitoring; Radioactivity; Sampling; Technetium 99

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOLOGY; SEAWATER; SEAWEED;

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE RADIOACTIVITY; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATIONS;

TECHNETIUM;

SEA WATER; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER; TECHNETIUM;

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY; SEAWEED; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARCTIC REGIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; SAMPLE SIZE; SEAWATER; SEAWEED; TECHNETIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ALGAE;

EID: 22144481945     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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