Cs-137 in Arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) on Svalbard

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-40

  Gwynn, Justin P ^a   Fuglei, Eva ^b   Dowdall, Mark ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

137Cs; Arctic fox; Predator prey relationships; Svalbard; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOOD PRODUCTS; RADIOACTIVITY;

ARCTIC FOX; PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPS; SVALBARD; TROPHIC TRANSFER;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CESIUM 137;

CARNIVORE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC STATUS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; FOX; LAND BIOME; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; SEASON; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOXES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SVALBARD;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; VULPES;

EID: 37849185406     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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