Published March 1980 | Version v1
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Determination of biological indicators for monitoring plutonium contamination of a coastal region

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The accumulation of plutonium by 31 vegetal and animal marine species belonging to a large number of phyla was demonstrated in a reference coastal site. Fixation levels, ranging from 171.6 pCi/kg fresh weight for a lichen to 0.04 pCi/kg fresh weight for a fish, showed that the retention of the radionuclide by the organisms studied was related to their phylogenetic position. Biological indicators especially suitable for monitoring coastal plutonium radioactivity have been identified. (author)

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Available from Reports Library, UKAEA, Windscale.

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Imprint Pagination
13 p.
Report number
WINDSCALE-Trans--776

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
12585035
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ANNELIDS; ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; CNIDARIA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTAMINATION; ECHINODERMS; ENVIRONMENT; FALLOUT DEPOSITS; FISHES; FRANCE; LICHENS; MOLLUSCS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; RETENTION
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ALGAE; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; COELENTERATA; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; ELEMENTS; EUROPE; FALLOUT; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATES; METALS; PLANTS; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; VERTEBRATES

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Notes
Translated from Int. symposium on transuranium nuclides in the environment, Nov. 1975, p. 679-689.