A history of radioecology / Patrick C. Kangas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kangas, Patrick C., author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Routledge explorations in environmental studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radioecology--History.

Radioecology.

Radioactive pollution of the atmosphere.

Radioactive pollution of water.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 228 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.

Biography/History:

Patrick C. Kangas is a systems ecologist with interests in the structure and function of novel ecosystems. From 1990 until his retirement in 2021, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Technology at the University of Maryland. He has conducted research in Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Belize and has published more than100 papers, book chapters and contract reports on a variety of environmental subjects. He is the editor of Ecological Engineering: Principles and Practice (2004).

Contents:

1.

Introduction

2.

Early studies in radioecology

3.

The Pacific Proving Grounds

4.

The Nevada Test Site

5.

Alaska coast

6.

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory

7.

El Verde, Puerto Rico

8.

The Brookhaven National Laboratory

9.

The Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

10.

Radioecology since the Cold War

11.

Summary and conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 12, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Kangas, Patrick C. History of radioecology

ISBN:

9781003284901

1003284906

9781000828214

1000828212

9781000828269

1000828263

Publisher Number:

99992523459

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.