137Cs concentration in zooplankton and its relation to taxonomic composition in the western North Pacific Ocean

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1838-1845

  Kaeriyama, Hideki ^a   Watabe, Teruhisa ^a   Kusakabe, Masashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

137Cs; Taxonomic composition; Vertical distribution; Western North Pacific Ocean; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

137CS; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; ZOOPLANKTON;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137; GELATIN; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); TAXONOMY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BIOMASS; COPEPOD; ONTOGENY; TAXONOMY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; COPEPODA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA;

EID: 55549100566     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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