Modelling the dynamics of fish contamination by Chernobyl radiocaesium: An analytical solution based on potassium mass balance

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-326

  Koulikov, Alexei O ^a   Meili, Markus ^b  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Fish; Modelling; Radiocaesium

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

FISH CONTAMINATION;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM 137; FRESH WATER; POTASSIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FISH; MASS BALANCE; MODELING; TURNOVER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; LAKE; MODEL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POTASSIUM; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UKRAINE;

UKRAINE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037278941     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(02)00134-0     Document Type: Article

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