Radionuclide transfer to invertebrates and small mammals in a coastal sand dune ecosystem

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4062-4074

  Wood, M D ^a   Leah, R T ^a   Jones, S R ^b   Copplestone, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Westlakes Scientific Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentration ratio; Food chain transfer; Non human species; Risk assessment; Sea to land transfer; Sellafield

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION RATIO; FOOD CHAIN TRANSFER; NON-HUMAN SPECIES; SEA-TO-LAND TRANSFER; SELLAFIELD;

CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IONIZING RADIATION; LANDFORMS; MAMMALS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAND; SEAWATER; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AMERICIUM 241; CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; SODIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RADIONUCLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL MAMMAL; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; CARNIVORE; COASTAL WATERS; DETRITIVORE; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORE; INVERTEBRATE; IONIZING RADIATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; RADIOISOTOPES;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SELLAFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67349133109     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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