A new approach to predicting environmental transfer of radionuclides to wildlife: A demonstration for freshwater fish and caesium

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 284-292

  Beresford, N A ^a   Yankovich, T L ^b   Wood, M D ^c   Fesenko, S ^d   Andersson, P ^e   Muikku, M ^f   Willey, N J ^g  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^e Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^f STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesium; Concentration ratio; Freshwater fish; Residual maximum likelihood model

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; CONCENTRATION RATIO; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFER; FRESHWATER FISHES; RADIONUCLIDE ACTIVITY; RESIDUAL MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

ANIMALS; CESIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FORECASTING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FEEDING; DATA ANALYSIS; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOCIFORMES; FEEDING; FORAGE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER FISH; NONHUMAN; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PISCIVORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAY FINNED FISH; RESIDUAL MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILDLIFE;

CAESIUM; CONCENTRATION RATIO; FRESHWATER FISH; RESIDUAL MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84879997052     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.013     Document Type: Article

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