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The Uptake of Radioactivity by Fish and Shellfish I. 134Caesium by Whole Animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

F. Morgan
F. Morgan
Affiliation:
Radiobiological Laboratory, Hamilton Dock, Lowestoft, Suffolk
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The uptake of 134Cs by 36 species of marine and freshwater fish and shellfish has been measured, and for selected species has been shown to depend on a power of the weight. For plaice, lobster, and eel, over thousand-fold ranges of weight, the uptake varies according to ω0.78. The times taken to reach half-equilibrium concentrations vary according to a value between ω0.25 and ω0.29, e.g. for a 100-fold increase in weight there is a 3.5-fold increase in half-value time.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , February 1964 , pp. 259 - 271
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1964

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