137Cs and 210Po in Pacific Walrus and Bearded Seal from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

• Main Authors: Hamilton, T F, Seagars, D J, Jokela, T, Layton, D
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ALASKA; BERING SEA; BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION; CESIUM 137; COMMUNITIES; INGESTION; KIDNEYS; LIVER; MAMMALS; MUSCLES; POLONIUM 210; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; SEAS; TARGETS; Arctic; Bering Sea; Pacific; Lawrence Island; bearded seal; Erignathus barbatus; Human health; Odobenus rosmarus; St Lawrence Island; Alaska; walrus*
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/936463; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/936463

The activity concentration of Cesium-137 ({sup 137}Cs) and naturally-occurring Polonium-210 ({sup 210}Po) were measured in the muscle tissue, kidney and liver of Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) and bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) collected by native hunters from the Bering Sea. The m...