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Estimation of transfer of technogenic radionuclides in food chains of the Yenisei river

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The efficiency of the transfer of gamma-emitting radionuclides in food chains, including macrophytes, zoobenthos, and bentho- and ichthyophagist fish, was estimated in the radiation-polluted region of the Yenisei river. Significant differences in the efficiency of the transfer of natural and technogenic radionuclides between components of different trophic levels were revealed. Substantial species-related differences in the accumulation of radionuclides in ichthyophagist fish from food were revealed.

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    E. A. Trofimova, T. A. Zotina & A. Ya. Bolsunovskii

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Trofimova, T.A. Zotina, A.Ya. Bolsunovskii, 2012, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2012, No. 4, pp. 497–504.

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Trofimova, E.A., Zotina, T.A. & Bolsunovskii, A.Y. Estimation of transfer of technogenic radionuclides in food chains of the Yenisei river. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 5, 365–370 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425512040142

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