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Radium-226 in cattails, Typha latifolia, and bone of muskrat, Ondatra zibethica (L.), from a watershed with uranium tailings near the city of Elliot Lake, Canada

Creators

  • 1. Laurentian Univ., Sudbury, ON (Canada). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Elliot Lake, ON (Canada). Elliot Lake Lab.

Description

Radium-226 concentrations were measured in the main food plants (cattails, Typha latifolia) and bone of adult muskrats (Ondatra zibethica (L.)), taken from a study area near Quirke Lake in the Serpent River drainage basin. This watershed receives drainage containing radionuclides from the U tailings near the City of Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada. Two control sites (one local, one 130 km distant) were also sampled. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Environmental Pollution (1987)
Journal Volume
91
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 41-51.
ISSN
0269-7491
CODEN
ENPOEK

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
27018942
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CANADA; CATTAILS; CONCENTRATION RATIO; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; RADIATION DOSES; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RADIUM 226; RODENTS; SKELETON; TAILINGS; URANIUM; WATERSHEDS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BODY; CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALS; MASS TRANSFER; METALS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEI; ORGANS; PLANTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; SOLID WASTES; VERTEBRATES; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES