INDEX 



723 



of transuranics under agronomic conditions, 

 363-368, 398-399 

 Curium-242 



chemical reactions in soil, 309 



in Enewetak Atoll water, 583 



fallout tracer at Bikini, 542 



precursor to ^ ^ ^ Pu, 542 

 Curium-244 



behavior in environment, 14 



biokinetics in marine ecosystems, 530 



chemical reactions in soil, 309 



concentration ratio (CR), 365-368 



distribution in plants, 368 



field experiments with, 361-368 



released to White Oak Creek, 384 



undetected in Bikini sediments, 583 



uptake by plants, 363-368 

 effect of soil concentration on, 365-368 



Deposition 

 estimates of fallout on arctic ecosystems, 



445^46 

 estimates of ^ ^ ' -^ ^ <> Pu fallout in Great 



Lakes, 659-660 

 of particles on plants, 290-292 

 velocities under field conditions, 466-467 

 Distribution 



of ^ "' Am and ^ ^ ' '^ "o Pu in plants, 348 



in humans, 694-695 



vertical, in Bikini Atoll sediment, 551-559 



in Enewetak Atoll sediment, 589-590 

 Distribution coefficient (K^^j) 

 in aquatic environments in general, 19-21 

 in aquatic systems, 615, 618 

 in Enewetak Atoll sediments, 597-598 

 in Hudson River components, 687 

 for neptunium in sodium-saturated clay, 



147-148 

 in suspended sediment, 615-616 

 Distribution and retention 

 in aquatic organisms, 617-619 

 in channel catfish, 6 1 8 

 in humans, 693-695 

 Dose to man from plutonium-contaminated 

 foodstuffs, 394, 489-508, 621-622 



Ecological effects 

 in terrestrial ecosystems, 701-710 

 from contaminated environments, 705-708 

 by direct experiments, 702-705 

 from natural radioactivity, 707-708 

 predictive models, 708 

 of transuranic elements in general, 34-36 

 Ecosystem 

 arctic, 441-456 

 deciduous forest, 513-522 

 Enewetak Atoll, 578-600 



grassland, 421-439 



terrestrial, ecological effects in, 701-710 

 Effects of transuranic elements 

 cancer risks in animals, 695-697 

 dose rates to aquatic organisms, 715-717 

 in ecosystems, 702-704 

 animal communities, 705-708 

 direct experiments, 702-705 

 plant communities, 704-705 

 on soil microorganisms, 315-319 

 health effects in experimental animals, 



695-696 

 health effects in man, 696-697 

 Enewetak Atoll 

 inventory of transuranic elements at, 588-589 

 nuclear test history at, 579-581 

 as a transuranic source term, 578-581 

 Enrichment factor 

 use in ^ 3 ' Pu particle research, 1 24 

 use in resuspension calculations, 229 

 Environmental inventory of ^ ^ ' '^ "" Pu 

 from accidents, 89 

 from laboratories and weapons-fabrication 



facilities, 89-90 

 from nuclear weapons tests, 88 

 from "safety shots," 88-89 

 in surface soU, 88 

 Environmental monitoring, 45-49 

 general aspects of, 47-50 

 guidance for, 48^9 



Foliar absorption of elements, 294-297 

 Foliar absorption and translocation of pluto- 



nium, 294-297,470-471 

 Food chains 



aquatic, 654-656 



arctic terrestrial, 444 



Savannah River estuary, 609-610 



Trophic Transfer Factor (TTF) in, 620 

 Fractionation of ^ '* ' Am and plutonium in 



marine waters, 533 

 Frequency distributions of transuranic element 



concentrations in Rocky Flats samples, 



429-431 



Great Lakes 

 estimates of ^ ^ « -^ '^ » Pu faUout in, 659-660 

 Michigan, plutonium concentrations in, 616, 



668-680 

 Ontario, 2 3 9 ,2 4 o p^ concentrations in, 6 1 7 

 plutonium in, 670-680 

 ratio of ^ 3 ' .2 4 py/9 gj. ^^ 659-660 



residence time of ^ ^ ^ '^ '' ° Pu in, 664 

 sediments, remobihzation of transuranic 

 elenientsin, 673-674 



