[Polonium-210 in fishes from the Black Sea]

Radiats Biol Radioecol. 2010 Jul-Aug;50(4):398-404.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The specific activity of naturally occurring radionuclide 210Po in main species of the Black Sea fishes and some their organs were used for the calculation of absorbed and equivalent dose rates. The values of the dose in investigated fish depend on their ecological belonging. Maximum values of equivalent dose rates for viscera and, first of all, liver exceed such for the whole body of fishes. But they are significantly lower than the dose rate limit recommended by IAEA for the protection of aquatic organisms from ionizing radiation.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Black Sea
  • Fishes / growth & development
  • Fishes / metabolism*
  • Polonium / analysis*
  • Polonium / pharmacokinetics
  • Radiation Monitoring / methods*
  • Radioisotopes
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Ukraine
  • Water Pollutants, Radioactive / analysis*
  • Water Pollutants, Radioactive / pharmacokinetics

Substances

  • Radioisotopes
  • Water Pollutants, Radioactive
  • Polonium