Radionuclide transport and uptake in coastal aquatic ecosystems: A comparison of a 3D dynamic model and a compartment model

Ambio

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 464-475

  Erichsen, Anders Christian ^a   Konovalenko, Lena ^b   Møhlenberg, Flemming ^a   Closter, Rikke Margrethe ^a   Bradshaw, Clare ^b   Aquilonius, Karin ^d   Kautsky, Ulrik ^c  

^a DHI   (Denmark)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT CO   (Sweden)

^d STUDSVIK NUCLEAR AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biosphere; Point source; Process modeling; Steady state

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; SEA WATER;

ADSORPTION; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD CHAIN; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84878342712     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-013-0398-2     Document Type: Article

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