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Main Title

U.S. "Mussel Watch" Program : transuranic element data from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1976-1983 /

Author

Palmieri, Julianne. ; Livingston, H. ; Farrington., J. W.

Other Authors

Author	Title of a Work
Livingston, Hugh.
Farrington, John W.

CORP Author

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA. Coastal Research Center.;Environmental Research Lab., Narragansett, RI.

Publisher

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,

Year Published

1984

Report Number

WHOI-84-28; CRC-84-5; EPA-68-03-3193

Stock Number

PB90-240912

Subjects

Mussels--Effect of water pollution on ; Radioisotopes--Environmental aspects--United States ; Radioisotopes--United States--Environmental aspects

Additional Subjects

Mussel Watch Project ; Mussels ; Radioactive contaminants ; Bodega Head ; Narraganset Bay ; Reproduction(Biology) ; Tables(Data) ; Humans ; Liver ; Plutonium 239 ; Cesium 137 ; Radionuclide migration ; Environmental monitoring ; Mussel Watch Program ; Plutonium 240 ; Iron 55 ; Americium 241

Holdings

Library	Call Number	Additional Info	Location	Last Modified	Checkout Status
NTIS	PB90-240912	Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown.		07/26/2022

Collation

82 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Abstract

Bivalves (Mytilus edulis, Mytilus californianus, Crassostrea virginica and Ostrea equestris) were collected once per year during 1976, 1977, and 1978 along the United States coast and analyzed for (239,240)Pu, (241)Am and (137)Cs as part of the U.S. Mussel Watch program. Monthly samples were collected during 1976-1980 from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and Bodega Head, California and analyzed for (239,240)Pu, (241)Am, and (137)Cs. There is no evidence in the data for systematic regional or local elevated concentrations of radionuclides as a result of releases from the nuclear fuel cycle. Monthly fluctuations in radionuclide concentrations in the Narragansett Bay mussels appear to be primarily influenced by spawning.

Notes

"May 1984." "Technical report." Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-18). Microfiche.