Study of the comparative dynamics of the incorporation of tissue free-water tritium (TFWT) in bulrushes (Typha latifolia) and carp (Cyprinus carpio) in the Almaraz nuclear power plant cooling reservoir

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-214

  Baeza, A ^a   Garcia E ^a   Paniagua, J M ^a   Rodriguez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bulrushes; Carps; Seasonality; Surface water; Transference; Tritium

Indexed keywords

BULRUSHES; CARPS; SEASONALITY; SURFACE WATER; TRANSFERENCE;

COOLING; COOLING WATER; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SURFACE WATERS; TRITIUM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BIOACCUMULATION; CYPRINID; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH RATE; HERB; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RESERVOIR; SEASONALITY; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TRITIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CARPS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; SEASONS; SPAIN; TRITIUM; TYPHACEAE; WATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 59749098457     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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