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Since radioactivity can be used to trace environmental processes in humans and other biota, Tropical Radioecology offers examples of studies in which radiotracers have been used to assess biokinetics in tropical biota.

Table of Contents

1 The Scientific Basis 2 Radionuclide Behaviour and Transport in the Tropical Atmospheric Environment 3 Mobility of Radionuclides in Tropical Soils and Groundwaters 4 Tropical Radiochemical Oceanography 5 Terrestrial Radioecology in Tropical Systems 6 Radioecology of Tropical Freshwater Ecosystems: Mechanisms and Kinetics of Bioaccumulation and the Importance of Water Chemistry 7 Radiological Consequences Modelling