Radioecology: Proceedings of the First National Symposium on Radioecology Held at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, September 10-15, 1961

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Book by Vincent Schultz, Alfred W. Klement Jr., National Symposium on Radioecology; Reinhold Pub. Corp., 1963. 750 pgs.

Title Page

Foreword

Preface

Contributors

Contents

Radioecology

Impact of Atomic Energy on the Environment and Environmental Science

Part I General Review Papers

Introduction

Radiation Effects and Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in the Plant and Soil Sciences

Acknowledgments

References

Iation Effects and Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in the Animal Sciences: Radiation and Biologic Capability

Acknowledgment

Continental Close-In Fallout: Its History, Measurement and Characteristics

Acknowledgments

References

Disposal of Radioactive Wastes: Its History, Status, and Possible, Impact on the Environment1

Summary

References

Part II Cycling and Levels of Radionuclides in the Terrestrial Environment

Some Effects of Environmental Factors Upon Accumulation of Worldwide Fallout in Natural Populations

Acknowledgments

References

Summary

Introduction

Vegetational Analyses in a Creosote Bush Community and Their Radioecologic Implications

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Biological Availability of Strontium-90 to Small Native Animals in Fallout Patterns from the Nevada Test Site

References

Summary

Acknowledgments

The Dynamics of Fallout Distribution in a Colorado Alpine Tundra Snow Accumulation Ecosystem

Summary

Acknowledgment

References

Accumulation of Strontium-90 in Yearling Columbian Black-Tailed Deer, 1950-1960

Acknowledgments

References

Environmental Pathways of Radioactive Iodine from Nuclear Tests in Arid Regions

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Accumulation and Cycling of Organic Matter and Chemical Constituents During Early Vegetational Succession on a Radioactive Waste Disposal Area1

Acknowledgments

References

Acknowledgments

Summary

References

Acknowledgment

Movement and Accumulation of Radiostrontium and Radiocesium in Insects

References

Acknowledgments

Summary

Estimation of Dose Rate and Equilibrium State from Bioaccumulation of Radionuclides by Mammals

References

Acknowledgments

Summary

Experimental Isolation of Food Chains in an Old-Field Ecosystem with the Use of Phosphorus-32

Summary

References

Acknowledgments

Analog Computer Models for Movement of Nuclides Through Ecosystems

References

Summary

Acknowledgments

Cycling of Cesium-134 in White Oak Trees on Sites of Contrasting Soil Type and Moisture I. 1960 Growing Season

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Part III Cycling and Levels of Radionuclides in the Marine Environment

Cycling and Levels of Strontium-90, Cerium-144, and Promethium-147 in the Atlantic Ocean

Introduction

Summary

References

Acknowledgments

Gross Beta Radioactivity in Marine Organisms

References

Summary

Acknowledgments

Radionuclides in Plankton and Tuna from the Central Pacific

Summary

References

Acknowledgments

Radioactivity of Marine Organisms from Guam, Palau and the Gulf of Siam, 1958-1959

Conclusions

References

Acknowledgments

Summary

Zinc-65 in Oysters in Fishers Island Sound and Its Estuaries

Acknowledgments

Summary

References

Experimental Studies of the Turnover of Phosphate in Marine Environments

Acknowledgments

Summary

References

Qualitative Distribution of Radionuclides at Rongelap Atoll

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Availability of Sediment-Sorbed Materials to Marine Biota

References

Acknowledgments

Micro-Organisms in Environments Contaminated with Radioactivity

References

Summary

The Role of Phytoplankton in the Cycling of Radionuclides in the Marine Environment

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

The Uptake, Accumulation and Exchange of Strontium-90 by Open Sea Phytoplankton

Summary

References

Acknowledgments

The Effect of Environmental Ions on the Concentration of Radiocalcium and Radiostrontium by Euryhaline Teleosts

Summary

References

Acknowledgments

Part IV Cycling and Levels of Radionuclides in the Freshwater Environment

The Strontium and Calcium Relationships in Clinch and Tennessee River Mollusks

Introduction

References

Acknowledgments

Summary

The Fate of Radiostrontium in a Freshwater Community

Acknowledgments

References

Translocation of Phosphorus in a Trout Stream Ecosystem

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Rural Radioactivity in the Food Web of the Banded Sculpin Cottus Carolinae (gill)

Acknowledgments

References

Radium in Natural Waters in the United States

References

Part V Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Plants and Animals in Terrestrial Environments

Introduction

Ecological Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Organisms, Communities Andecosystems

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Prediction of the Sensitivity of Plants to Chronic Gamma Irradiation

Summary

References

Acknowledgments

Changes in a Herbaceous Plant Community During a Three-Year Period Following Exposure to Ionizing Radiation Gradients

Acknowledgments

References

Study of Succession in Fields Irradiated with Fast Neutron and Gamma Radiation

Acknowledgments

References

Effects of Radiation from an Air-Shielded Reactor on Forest Litter Production

References

Acknowledgments

Summary and Conclusions

The Effect of Ionizing Radiation on Smilax with Special Reference to the Protection Afforded by Their Production of Underground Vegetative Structures

Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

Effect of Ionizing Radiation on Pinus Taeda L.

Discussion

Acknowledgments

References

Factors Affecting Tree Seed and Seedling Radiosensitivity

Summary

References

Recovery of Vegetation on Atomic Target Areas at the Nevada Test Site

Acknowledgments

Summary

References

Radiation Dosages in the Vicinity of an Unshielded Nuclear Reactor

Summary and Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

Influence of Four Rocky Mountain Regional Environments on Pea Plants Grown from Irradiated Seeds

Conclusion

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Natural Radiation Effects of Vertebrate Animals Inhabiting the Uranium Areas of Southeastern Utah

Acknowledgments

Comparative Ecological Studies of Animals at the Nevada Test Site

Acknowledgments

Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Mammal Populations on the White Oak Lake Bed

References

Acknowledgments

Conclusions

Summary

The Effect of Neutron-Gamma Radiation on Free-Living Small Mammals at the Lockheed Reactor Site

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Relative Sensitivity of Nestlings of Wild Passerine Birds to Gamma Radiation

Acknowledgments

Summary

References

Part VI Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Plants and Animals in Marine and Freshwater Environments

Increase in Radioresistance of Fish to Lethal Doses with Advancing Embryonic Development

Introduction

References

Summary

Effect of Chronic Feeding of Sr90-Y90 on Rainbow Trout

References

Acknowledgment

Summary

The Effects of Continuous, Sub-Lethal Gamma Radiation on the Intrinsic Rate of Natural Increase and Other Population Attributes of Daphnia Pulex.

The Preliminary Investigation of Salivary Gland Chromosomes of Chironomus Tetans Fabr. from the Clinch River

Acknowledgments

References

Summary

Effects of Uranium Mill Wastes on Biological Fauna of the Animas River (colorado-New Mexico)

Summary

References

An Exploratory Study of Radiation Damage in the Thyroids of Coral Reef Fishes from the Eniwetok Atoll

Summary

References

Acknowledgments

Part VII Ecological Techniques Utilizing Radionuclides in Terrestrial Environments

Introduction

Radioactive Tracers as an Aid to the Measurement of Energy Flow at the Population Level in Nature

Summary

Acknowledgment

References

Tracer Studies of the Breakdown of Forest Litter

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Methods for Introducing Radionuclides into Plants

Summary

References

Acknowledgments

Consumption of Vegetation by Insects

Summary

References

Acknowledgments

Use of Radionuclides in Ecological Studies of Insects

References

The Role of Radionuclides in Insect Behavior Studies

References

Summary

Techniques for Studying Movements of Vertebrates in the Field

References

Acknowledgments

Summary

A Method for Measuring Waterfowl Dispersion Utilizing Phosphorus-32 and Zinc-65

Acknowledgments

Summary

References

Use of the Jack Rabbit as a Bio-Indicator of Environmental Strontium-90 Contamination

Summary

References

Acknowledgments

Part VIII Ecological Techniques Utilizing Radionuclides in the Marine and Freshwater Environments

Biological and Physical Transport of Radionuclides in Stratified Lakes

Introduction

References

Acknowledgments

Use of Light Nuclides in Limnology

References

Acknowledgments

Evaluation of the Carbon-14 Technique for Measurement of Primary Prodution

Use of Nitrogen-15 for Measurement of Rates in the Nitrogen Cycle

General Concluding Statement

Acknowledgments

References

Zinc-65 in Studies of the Freshwater Zinc Cycle

Summary

References

Acknowledgments

Part IX the Occurrence, Effect and Utilization of Nuclides in the Environment

Manganese in Ecology

Introduction

References

Acknowledgement

References

Biological and Environmental Behavior of Ruthenium and Rhodium

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Reactions of Tungsten in Soils and Its Uptake by Plants

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

The Radioecology of Calcium

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Factors Controlling the Distribution of the Rare Earths in the Environment and in Living Organisms

Acknowledgments

References

Summary

Cesium and Its Relationships to Potassium in Ecology

References

Acknowledgments

Review and Discussion of Barium

Summary

Acknowledments

References

Iron and Cobalt in Ecology

References

Summary

Acknowledgments

Environmental Behavior of Chromium and Neptunium

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Some Aspects of the Biology of Zirconium-95

Acknowledgments

References

Iodine in the Environment

Acknowledgments

References

Tritium in Ecology-A Review

References

Summary

The Natural Radioactive Series in Organic Material

Acknowledgments

References

Arsenic and Its Radioisotopes in the Environs

Summary

References

Acknowledgments

Review of Zinc in Ecology

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Plutonium, Its Biology and Environmental Persistence

Summary and Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

Appendix

Panel Discussion on Education and Research Training

Introductory Comments

Bibliography

Author Index

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