Effect of radioactive pollution on the biodiversity of marine benthic ecosystems of the Russian Arctic shelf

Polar Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-195

  Alexeev, Denis K ^a   Galtsova, Valentina V ^a  

^a RUSSIAN STATE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic seas; Environmental impact assessment; Marine ecology; Meiobenthos; Russian continental shelf

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN SHELF;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84863878003     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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