Date of Award:
5-1964
Document Type:
Dissertation
Degree Name:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department:
Watershed Sciences
Committee Chair(s)
William F. Sigler
Committee
William F. Sigler
Committee
William T. Helm
Committee
John M. Neuhold
Committee
D. Wayne Linn
Committee
Susan Martin
Committee
Charles Hicks
Abstract
Ionizing radiation from natural occurring radionuclides and cosmic rays has always been a part of man's environment, but at such low levels as to have had virtually no effect. However, with the advent of the atomic age and the advancement of nuclear technology, background activity has measurably increased all over the world. Fallout from nuclear weapons testing, wastes from nuclear reactors, and wastes from the milling of radioactive ores have all contributed to this increase. Due to this increase, many ecosystems and their individual components are now subjected to radiation levels as high as a million times natural background. What possible effects this may have has become an area of great concern and interest.
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Recommended Citation
Angelovic, Joseph W., "Some Effects of Accumulated Radium on the Productivity of Algae" (1964). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 1551.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1551
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