The Uptake of Radioactivity by Fish and Shellfish I. 134Caesium by Whole Animals
- 1 February 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Vol. 44 (1) , 259-271
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400024772
Abstract
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.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Potassium metabolism and the accumulation of137Caesium by decapod CrustaceaJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1962
- The accumulation of radioactive caesium in crabsJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1961