Radionuclides in marine macroalgae from Amchitka and Kiska Islands in the Aleutians: establishing a baseline for future biomonitoring

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 27-40

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b,c   Gochfeld, Michael ^c,d   Kosson, David S ^b,e   Powers, Charles W ^b,d,e   Jewett, Stephen ^b,f   Friedlander, Barry ^b,d   Chenelot, Heloise ^b,f   Volz, Conrad D ^b,g   Jeitner, Christian ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinides; Aleutians; Amchitka; Bioaccumulation; Biomonitoring; Consumption; Kelp; Kiska; Marine macroalgae; Radionuclides; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

ALEUTIANS; AMCHITKA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; MARINE MACROALGAE; SUBSISTENCE;

ACTINIDES; ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; ISOTOPES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION;

RADIOISOTOPES;

AMERICIUM 241; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; EUROPIUM 152; IODINE 129; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90; TECHNETIUM 99M; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BROWN ALGA; MACROALGA; MARINE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BROWN ALGA; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; KELP; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULVA;

ALASKA; ALGAE; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUKARYOTA; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; AMCHITKA ISLAND; KISKA ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALARIA FISTULOSA; ALGAE; FUCUS; FUCUS DISTICHUS; FUCUS GARDNERI; PHAEOPHYCEAE; ULVA; ULVA FENESTRATA; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 33750058256     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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