Efficiency of bio-indicators for low-level radiation under field conditions

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 424-430

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a,b   Mousseau, Timothy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b Center for Advanced Study   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio indicators; Chernobyl; Low level radiation; Radiation; Radioactive contamination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BIOLOGY; BIRDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTAMINATION; HEAT RADIATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAMMALS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SURVEYS;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; CHERNOBYL; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; LOW-LEVEL RADIATION; NATURAL VARIATION; POPULATION DENSITIES; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

ABUNDANCE; ACCIDENT; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; HEALTH IMPACT; IMAGING METHOD; INVERTEBRATE; IRRADIATION; MAMMAL; NATAL DISPERSAL; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

BELARUS; CHERNOBYL; KIEV [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ARANEAE; AVES; MAMMALIA; PAPILIONOIDEA; REPTILIA;

EID: 79954420392     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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