137Cs baseline levels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea: A cross-basin survey of the CIESM Mediterranean Mussel Watch programme

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 6-12, 2008, Pages 801-806

  Thébault, Hervé ^a   Rodriguez y Baena, Alessia M ^b   Andral, Bruno ^a   Barisic, Delko ^c   Albaladejo, José Benedicto ^d   Bologa, Alexandru S ^e   Boudjenoun, Redouane ^f   Delfanti, Roberta ^g   Egorov, Victor N ^h   El Khoukhi, Tahar ⁱ   Florou, Heleni ^j   Kniewald, Goran ^c   Noureddine, Abdelkader ^f   Patrascu, Vasile ^e   Pham, Mai Khanh ^k   Scarpato, Alfonso ^l   Stokozov, Nikolay A ^h   Topcuoglu, Sayhan ^m   Warnau, Michel ^k  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea CIESM   (Monaco)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^d Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRIGORE ANTIPA   (Romania)

^f CENTRE DE RECHERCHE NUCLÉAIRE D ALGER   (Algeria)

^g ENEA   (Italy)

^h INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

ⁱ CENTRE NATIONAL DE L ENERGIE DES SCIENCES TECHNIQUES NUCLEAIRES   (Morocco)

^j INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^k INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^l Istituto Centrale per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica Applicata al Mare   (Italy)

^m Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

Bivalves; Black Sea; Mediterranean; Monitoring; Mussel watch; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RADIOISOTOPES;

BASELINE LEVELS; COASTAL STATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN MUSSEL WATCH (MMW);

CESIUM COMPOUNDS;

CESIUM 137;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSSEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

BIVALVIA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 45049087738     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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