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Experimental study and modelization of radium transfer in a simplified aquatic ecosystem; Etude experimentale et modelisation du transfert du radium dans un ecosysteme aquatique simplifie

Abstract

Radium transfer has been studied in an experimental aquatic ecosystem composed by four trophic levels. Water and sediment are the two abiotic units from which the other compartments could be contamined. Scenedesmus obliquus represents the primary producer. Daphnia magna, Gammarus pulex and Chironomus sp., the first order consumers; Cyprinius carpio, the second order consumer and Salmo gairdneri, the third order one. Each transfer is described by a mathematical equation, based on a theoretical analysis, which represents concentration evolution of each compartment as a function of time. From the experimental data, we suggest a mathematical model in order to simulate radium contamination of the ecosystem. This model takes into account the following parameters: the contamination mode (chronic or acute pollution), the type of ecosystem concerned by the contamination (pond or river), and the season during which the pollution occurred. Results obtained with the model agree with most of field data on contamination level of fish living in the mining complex environment; particularly, they put the emphasize on the trophic way for the fish radiocontamination.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Nov 01, 1990
Product Type:
Thesis/Dissertation
Report Number:
CEA-R-5559
Reference Number:
SCA: 560162; 540330; PA: FRD-92:001542; SN: 92000762256
Resource Relation:
Other Information: TH: These (D. es Sc.); PBD: Nov 1990
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; RADIUM; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; SCENEDESMUS; DAPHNIA; LARVAE; FISHES; BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIUM 226; SEDIMENTS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; INSECTS; UPTAKE; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; TIME DEPENDENCE; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; ACUTE EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; URANIUM MINES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; SURFACE WATERS; CONTAMINATION; 560162; 540330; ANIMALS, PLANTS, MICROORGANISMS, AND CELLS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
OSTI ID:
10154908
Research Organizations:
CEA Centre d`Etudes de Cadarache, 13 - Saint-Paul-lez-Durance (France); Montpellier-1 Univ., 34 (France)
Country of Origin:
France
Language:
French
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE92530268; TRN: FR9201542
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
FRN
Size:
228 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 06, 2005

Citation Formats

Bruno, V. Experimental study and modelization of radium transfer in a simplified aquatic ecosystem; Etude experimentale et modelisation du transfert du radium dans un ecosysteme aquatique simplifie. France: N. p., 1990. Web.
Bruno, V. Experimental study and modelization of radium transfer in a simplified aquatic ecosystem; Etude experimentale et modelisation du transfert du radium dans un ecosysteme aquatique simplifie. France.
Bruno, V. 1990. "Experimental study and modelization of radium transfer in a simplified aquatic ecosystem; Etude experimentale et modelisation du transfert du radium dans un ecosysteme aquatique simplifie." France.
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title = {Experimental study and modelization of radium transfer in a simplified aquatic ecosystem; Etude experimentale et modelisation du transfert du radium dans un ecosysteme aquatique simplifie}
author = {Bruno, V}
abstractNote = {Radium transfer has been studied in an experimental aquatic ecosystem composed by four trophic levels. Water and sediment are the two abiotic units from which the other compartments could be contamined. Scenedesmus obliquus represents the primary producer. Daphnia magna, Gammarus pulex and Chironomus sp., the first order consumers; Cyprinius carpio, the second order consumer and Salmo gairdneri, the third order one. Each transfer is described by a mathematical equation, based on a theoretical analysis, which represents concentration evolution of each compartment as a function of time. From the experimental data, we suggest a mathematical model in order to simulate radium contamination of the ecosystem. This model takes into account the following parameters: the contamination mode (chronic or acute pollution), the type of ecosystem concerned by the contamination (pond or river), and the season during which the pollution occurred. Results obtained with the model agree with most of field data on contamination level of fish living in the mining complex environment; particularly, they put the emphasize on the trophic way for the fish radiocontamination.}
place = {France}
year = {1990}
month = {Nov}
}