The polychaete Nereis diversicolor O.F. M011er was exposed to marine sediments which had been contaminated with plutonium and americium either through the testing of nuclear devices or by the release of liquid waste effluent from a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant. The uptake of both plutonium and am
Uptake of55Fe from contaminated sediments by the polychaeteNereis diversicolor
โ Scribed by C. D. Jennings; S. W. Fowler
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 451 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0025-3162
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