Modelling 99Tc concentrations in Fucus vesiculosus from the north-east Irish Sea

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-173

  Nawakowski, Claire ^a   Nicholson, Michael D ^a   John Kershaw, Peter ^a   Leonard, Kinson S ^a  

^a Ctr Environ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

99Tc; Fucus; Modelling; Sellafield

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; TECHNETIUM; WASTE TREATMENT;

SEASONAL VARIATIONS; WATER COLUMN DISTRIBUTIONS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

TECHNETIUM 99M; TECHNETIUM;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED; TECHNETIUM;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUCUS; NUCLEAR REACTOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

ALGAE; APOIDEA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUCUS; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCEANS AND SEAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 4143049502     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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