Uranium in sediments, mussels (Mytilus sp.) and seawater of the Krka river estuary

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-70

  Cuculić, Vlado ^a   Cukrov, Neven ^a   Barišić, Delko ^a   Mlakar, Marina ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

226Ra; 238U; Activity ratio; Gamma spectrometry; Krka river estuary; Linear scan voltammetry; Mussels Mytilus sp.; Seawater; Sediment; Uranium

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; PHOSPHATES; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; URANIUM;

226RA; 238U; ACTIVITY RATIO; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; KRKA RIVER SANCTUARY; LINEAR SCAN VOLTAMETRY; MUSSELS MYETILUS SP;

BIODIVERSITY;

PHOSPHATE; RADIUM 226; SEA WATER; URANIUM 238;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MUSSEL CULTURE; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; ESTUARY; MUSSEL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SEAWATER; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

CROATIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIBENIK; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

MYTILUS SP.;

EID: 27644448407     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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