title: Environment and biology of the Kara Sea: a general view for contamination studies.
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.
authors.affiliation: Marine Environmental Laboratory, International Atomic Energy Agency, Monaco. J.C.Miquel@iaea.org
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Miquel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001110:Arctic Regions; D018533:Biomass; D001717:Birds; D017753:Ecosystem; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005398:Fisheries; D005399:Fishes; D020387:Food Chain; D005507:Food Contamination, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007053:Ice; D008322:Mammals; D008954:Models, Biological; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010933:Plankton / Q000528:radiation effects; D010944:Plants / Q000528:radiation effects; D011850:Radioactive Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry; D018505:Waste Management; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D014878:Water Pollution, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D007053:Ice; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive