Radionuclide concentrations in benthic invertebrates from Amchitka and Kiska Islands in the Aleutian Chain, Alaska

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 128, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 329-341

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Gochfeld, Michael ^b,c   Jewett, Stephen C ^b,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinides; Aleutians; Amchitka; Invertebrates; Kiska; Mussels; Octopus; Radiocesium; Radionuclides; Rock jingles

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MARINE BIOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

ALEUTIANS; INVERTEBRATES; MUSSELS; OCTOPUS; RADIOCESIUM; ROCK JINGLES;

RADIOISOTOPES;

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

ACTINIDE; BENTHOS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; INVERTEBRATE; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CHITON; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCHITON STELLERI; ENTEROCTOPUS DOFLEINI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODIOLUS MODIULUS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCTOPUS; PODODESMUS MACROSCHISMA; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA URCHIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS POLYACANTHUS; TECTURA SCUTUM; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; INVERTEBRATES; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

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

CRYPTOCHITON STELLERI; ECHINOIDEA; ENTEROCTOPUS DOFLEINI; EQUIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MACROSCHISMA; MODIOLUS MODIOLUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS; OCTOPUS; PATELLIDAE; PODODESMUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS POLYACANTHUS; TECTURA SCUTUM;

EID: 34247868813     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9316-4     Document Type: Article

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