Radium-226 in wetland birds from Florida phosphate mines

Journal Article · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Journal of Wildlife Management; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/3809617· OSTI ID:6945027

Myers, O B; Marion, W R; O'Meara, T E; Roessler, C E ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville (USA)

Radium-226 is a naturally-occurring radionuclide found in enhanced levels at Florida phosphate mines. We inventoried levels of radium-226 in the tissues of 4 wetland bird species from 2 mined and 2 umined areas in Florida. Bone tissues of wood duck (Aix sponsa), mottled duck (Anas fulvigula), common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), and double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) colleted at phosphate mines contained more radium-226 than tissues from unmined areas. Radium-226 concentrations in these birds were within guidelines inferred from radiological standards designed for human protection and should not adversely affect bird populations.

• OSTI ID: 6945027
• Journal Information: Journal of Wildlife Management; (USA), Vol. 53:4; ISSN 0022-541X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
BIRDS
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
MINES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
BONE TISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FLORIDA
NATURAL OCCURRENCE
PHOSPHATES
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FEDERAL REGION IV
HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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ISOTOPES
MASS TRANSFER
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
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TISSUES
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