Tropical radioecology /

Tropical radioecology /

Tropical Radioecology is a guide to the wide range of scientific practices and principles of this multidisciplinary field. It brings together past and present studies in the tropical and sub-tropical areas of the planet, highlighting the unique aspects of tropical systems. Until recently, radioecolo...

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Other Authors: Twining, J. R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Elsevier, 2012.
Series:Radioactivity in the environment ; v. 18.
Subjects:
Radioecology > Tropics.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. The Scientific Basis / John Twining
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Radioactivity
  • 1.3. Radiation science
  • 1.4. Environmental radioactivity
  • 1.5. Concluding comments
  • References
  • 2. Radionuclide Behaviour and Transport in the Tropical Atmospheric Environment / John L. McBride
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. The large-scale structure and transport processes in the tropics
  • 2.3. Cosmogenic and anthropogenic radionuclides
  • 2.4. Terrigenic radionuclides
  • 2.5. Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 3. Mobility of Radionuclides in Tropical Soils and Groundwater / Robert Edis
  • 3.1. Introduction and scope
  • 3.2. General principles
  • 3.3. Properties of tropical soils
  • 3.4. Case studies of radionuclide mobility in tropical environments
  • 3.5. Factors of significance in the migration of radionuclides in the tropical environment
  • 3.6. Overall conclusion
  • References
  • 4. Tropical Radiochemical Oceanography / Ron Szymczak
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Biogeochemical behaviour of radionuclides in marine systems
  • 4.3. Sources and sinks of radionuclides to the tropical oceans
  • 4.4. Radionuclides in tropical marine environments
  • 4.5. Marine radioactivity databases
  • 4.6. Case studies
  • 4.7. Summary and conclusions
  • References
  • 5. Terrestrial Radioecology in Tropical Systems / V. Wasserman
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Tropical soil systems
  • 5.3. Agricultural systems
  • 5.4. Radioecological concepts and modelling
  • 5.5.Compilation and evaluation of TFs for tropical and subtropical systems
  • 5.6. Tropical crops
  • 5.7. Tropical animals
  • 5.8. Summary and conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 6. Radioecology of Tropical Freshwater Ecosystems: Mechanisms and Kinetics of Bioaccumulation and the Importance of Water Chemistry / John R. Twining
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2.Organism effects at an ecosystem scale
  • 6.3. Uptake of radionuclides at the cell surface
  • 6.4. Influence of water chemistry on radionuclide bioavailability
  • 6.5. Modelling, kinetics, and mechanisms of radionuclide bioaccumulation
  • 6.6. Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 7. Radiological Consequences Modelling / Jagoda Crawford
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Radionuclide transfer following atmospheric dispersion
  • 7.3.A radiological consequence model suitable for tropical systems
  • 7.4. Aquatic pathway dose assessment
  • 7.5. Environmental dose assessment and radioecological risk assessment
  • 7.6. Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References.

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