Long-term trends and variation in 137Cs activity concentrations in brown trout (Salmo trutta) from Øvre Heimdalsvatn, a Norwegian subalpine lake

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 642, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-113

  Brittain, John E ^a,b   Gjerseth, Jan Egil ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Chernobyl; Ecological half life; Radiocaesium; Size effect

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; BROWN TROUTS; CHERNOBYL; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FIRST YEAR; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LONG-TERM TREND; MOUNTAIN LAKES; NO REDUCTION; RADIOCAESIUM; REMOBILISATION; SALMO TRUTTA; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SIZE EFFECTS;

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; FALLOUT; LAKES; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVITY; SIZE DETERMINATION;

CESIUM;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; HALF LIFE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SALMONID; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

NORWAY;

SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 77949772273     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0155-5     Document Type: Article

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