Abundance and diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in lakes exposed to Chernobyl-derived ionising radiation

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 688-694

  Murphy, J F ^a   Nagorskaya, L L ^b   Smith, J T ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Belarus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biota; Chernobyl; Fukushima; Lake; Macroinvertebrate; Radiation effects

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOTA; CHERNOBYL; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DOSE RATE; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; EXTERNAL DOSE; EXTERNAL RADIATION; FRESHWATER SNAILS; FUKUSHIMA; GENERAL LINEAR MODELS; IONISING RADIATION; LAKE AREAS; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MOLLUSCA; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CESIUM; CONTAMINATION; IONIZING RADIATION; NOBELIUM; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVITY;

LAKES;

CESIUM 137; PHOSPHATE; STRONTIUM 90;

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; IONIZATION; LAKE POLLUTION; LINEARITY; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

AESHNA CYANEA; ANISUS VORTEX; ARTICLE; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; CAENIS HORARIA; CHAOBORUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COENAGRION HASTULATUM; COENAGRIONIDAE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; CYPRIDOPSIS VIDUA; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GLOSSIPHONIA COMPLANATA; GLOSSIPHONIA CONCOLOR; GLOSSIPHONIA PALUDOSA; HOLOCENTROPUS PICICORNIS; HYGROTUS INAEQUALIS; IONIZING RADIATION; LAKE; LITTORAL SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOLLUSC; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PH; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIX AURICULARIA; SEGMENTINA NITIDA; SPECIES DOMINANCE; TAXON; WATER HARDNESS;

ANIMALS; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RUSSIA;

CHERNOBYL; FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KIEV [UKRAINE]; TOHOKU; UKRAINE;

BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79955955057     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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