Response of the Black Sea ecosystem to the Chernobyl nuclear accident

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Gennady G. Polikarpov¹  Viktor N. Egorov¹ 

关键词: Radiology;    Radioecology;    Radioactive tracers;    Anthropogenic impact;   

DOI  :  10.3354/meps07901

学科分类：海洋学与技术

来源: Inter-Research

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: The most serious accident in a nuclear power plant to date occurred on April 26, 1986, at Chernobyl (Ukraine). Roughly 2% of the total fallout was deposited in the Black Sea basin. We summarize our views regarding the ecological consequences, based on a collective monograph (Polikarpov et al. 2008: Radioecological response of the Black Sea to the Chernobyl accident; in Russian). Radionuclide runoff into the Black Sea continues to this day, but long-term radioecological effects are minor, except for increased radionuclide levels in the sediments of several estuaries.

【 授权许可】

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