Garnier-Laplace, J., F. Vray, J.P. Baudin, and J.P. Jourd'heuil, 1998.  The TRANSAQUA Model Applied to Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) Used for the Biomonitoring of 137Cs and 106Ru Contamination, Institut de Protection et de Surete Nucleaire.

Reprinted from Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (1998) 55(4): 999-1009

The TRANSAQUA Model Applied to Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) Used for the Biomonitoring of 137Cs and 106Ru Contamination

Abstract
The dynamics of contamination of the zebra mussel (Dressena polymorpha) by two artificial radionuclides, 106Ru and 137Cs, were quantified in a simplified experimental ecosystem. Main sources of contamination (water, phytoplankton, and other natural suspended matter) were considered. The kinetic constants of accumulation and elimination governing each transfer in the ecosystem were used to calibrate the TRANSAQUA model (TRANSfer of radionuclides along AQUAtic food chains).

Contact: Jacqueline Garnier-Laplace, Institut de Protection et de Surete Nucleaire, Laboratoire de Radioecologie Experimentale, IPSN/CEA, BP 1, 13108 Saint Paul lez Durance Cedex, France
Keywords: Chemical_control, Environmental_impacts, Zebra_mussel
Product Type: Research, Impact
User Type: Resource_management