Environment and biology of the Kara Sea: a general view for contamination studies |
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Authors: | Miquel J C |
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Affiliation: | Marine Environmental Laboratory, International Atomic Energy Agency, Monaco. J.C.Miquel@iaea.org |
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Abstract: | The recent revelation that over the past 30 years there has been a history of dumping waste including high-level radioactive wastes in the shallow Kara Sea has caused wide-spread concern. The potential impact of these contaminants and other non-nuclear pollutants in the Arctic ecosystem and on human health need to be assessed and, thus, a better insight gained on radioecological processes in cold waters. The present paper proposes a general view on the biology and the environment of the Kara Sea, as a basic tool for the experimental and modelling assessments of the impact of these contaminants. |
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