Monitoring release of disposable radionuclides in the Kara sea: Bioaccumulation of long-lived radionuclides in echinoderms and molluscs

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:6640701

Fisher, N S

The objective of the present proposal is to continue and extend our research on the trophic transfer of important radionuclides in benthic fauna of the Kara Sea. This project is assessing the extent to which select species of seastars, brittle stars, and clams typical of the Kara Sea concentrate and retain a variety of long-lived radionuclides known to be (or suspected to be) present in the disposed wastes in the Russian Arctic. The rates and routes of uptake and depuration of isotopes in the same or in closely related species are being quantified so that endemic benthic organisms can be assessed as potential bioindicators of released radionuclides in Arctic waters.

• Research Organization: State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY (United States). Marine Sciences Research Center
• OSTI ID: 6640701
• Report Number(s): AD-A-286174/8/XAB; CNN: N00014-93-1-1287
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540330 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ARCTIC OCEAN
BENTHOS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
CLAMS
ECHINODERMS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
INVERTEBRATES
ISOTOPES
MOLLUSCS
MONITORING
RADIOISOTOPES
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS