Published 2009
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Journal article
Chromosome aberration and hematological rates of gastropod snail (Lymnaea stagnalis L.) in water bodies of the Chernobyl NPP exclusion zone
Description
The radiation dose, as well as the chromosome aberration rate and a change of the hemolymph structure of the gastropod snail (Lymnaea stagnalis L.) in water bodies within the Chernobyl NPP exclusion Zone during 1998-2007, is evaluated. The absorbed dose is registered in range 0.3-85.0 μGy/h. In closed water bodies, the high rate of chromosome aberration in embryo tissues (up to 27%) and essential changes of hematological rates of adult molluscs in comparison with those in control water bodies are determined.
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Russian)
- Частота хромосомных аберраций и гематологические показатели у прудовика обыкновенного (Лымнаеа стагналис Л.) в водоемах Зоны отчуждения Чернобыльской AEhS
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Dopovyidyi Natsyional'noyi Akademyiyi Nauk Ukrayini
- Journal Issue
- no.7
- Journal Page Range
- p. 187-192
- ISSN
- 1025-6415
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Ukraine
- Country of Input or Organization
- Ukraine
- INIS RN
- 41015720
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS; CHRONIC IRRADIATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED AREAS; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; DOSE RATES; EMBRYOS; HEMATOLOGY; MOLLUSCS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; TIME DEPENDENCE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; INVERTEBRATES; IRRADIATION; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; MEDICINE; MUTATIONS; POWER REACTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS