Assessing the impact of ionizing radiation on aquatic invertebrates: A critical review

Radiation Research

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 693-716

  Dallas, Lorna J ^a   Keith Roach, Miranda ^a   Lyons, Brett P ^b   Jha, Awadhesh N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; INVERTEBRATE; IONIZING RADIATION; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOTA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FORECASTING; INVERTEBRATES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MOLTING; MUTAGENESIS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCTION; SALINITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861395894     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2687.1     Document Type: Review

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