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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
137
Cs baseline levels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea: A cross-basin survey of the CIESM Mediterranean Mussel Watch programme
Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 57, No. 6-12, Year 2008
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Description
The common mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis was selected as unique biomonitor species to implement a regional monitoring programme, the CIESM Mediterranean Mussel Watch (MMW), in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. As of today, and upon standardization of the methodological approach, the MMW Network has been able to quantify 137Cs levels in mussels from 60 coastal stations and to produce the first distribution map of this artificial radionuclide at the scale of the entire Mediterranean and Black Seas. While measured 137Cs levels were found to be very low (usually <1 Bq kg-1 wet wt) 137Cs activity concentrations in the Black Sea and North Aegean Sea were up to two orders of magnitude higher than those in the western Mediterranean Basin. Such effects, far from representing a threat to human populations or the environment, reflect a persistent signature of the Chernobyl fallout in this area. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Thébault, Hervé
France, Plouzane
Ifremer Institut Francais de Recherche Pour L'exploitation de la Mer
Rodriguez y Baena, Alessia M.
Monaco, Principality of Monaco
International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea (ciesm)
Andral, Bruno
France, Plouzane
Ifremer Institut Francais de Recherche Pour L'exploitation de la Mer
Barisic, Delko
Croatia, Zagreb
Institut Ruđer Bošković
Albaladejo, José Benedicto
Spain, San Pedro Del Pinatar
Csic-ieo-comu - Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia
Bologa, Alexandru S.
Romania, Constanta
Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-dezvoltare Marinâ
Boudjenoun, Redouane
Algeria, Algiers
Commissariat à L'energie Atomique
Delfanti, Roberta
Italy, Rome
Ente Per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'energia e L'ambiente
Egorov, Victor N.
Ukraine, Kyiv
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
El Khoukhi, Tahar
Morocco, Rabat
National Energy Center of Nuclear Science and Technology
Florou, Heleni
Greece, Athens
National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos
Kniewald, Goran
Croatia, Zagreb
Institut Ruđer Bošković
Noureddine, Abdelkader
Algeria, Algiers
Commissariat à L'energie Atomique
Patrascu, Vasile
Romania, Constanta
Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-dezvoltare Marinâ
Pham, Mai Khanh
Monaco
Iaea Marine Environment Laboratory Monaco
Scarpato, Alfonso
Italy, Rome
Istituto Centrale Per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica Applicata al Mare
Stokozov, Nikolay A.
Ukraine, Kyiv
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Topcuoglu, Sayhan
Turkey, Istanbul
Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center
Warnau, Michel
Monaco
Iaea Marine Environment Laboratory Monaco
Statistics
Citations: 19
Authors: 19
Affiliations: 13
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.11.010
ISSN:
0025326X
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative