137Cs and 210Po in Pacific walrus and bearded seal from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1158-1167

  Hamilton, Terry ^a   Seagars, Dana ^b   Jokela, Terry ^a   Layton, David ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Marine Mammals Management   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Po; Bearded seal; Bering sea; Concentration factors; Pacific walrus

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); POLONIUM; TISSUE;

BEARDED SEAL; BERING SEA; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; PACIFIC WALRUS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

CESIUM 137; POLONIUM; CESIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ISLAND; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PINNIPED; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR WASTE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL; TARGET ORGAN; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; PHOCA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ERIGNATHUS; ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS; MAMMALIA; ODOBENIDAE; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS DIVERGENS;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CESIUM; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLONIUM; SEALS, EARLESS; WALRUSES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 44649186869     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.02.024     Document Type: Article

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