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MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 376:307-308 (2009) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07901 AS WE SEE IT Response of the Black Sea ecosystem to the Chernobyl nuclear accident Gennady G. Polikarpov*, Viktor N. Egorov Department of Radiation and Chemical Biology, Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Sevastopol 99011, Ukraine *Email: g.polikarpov@ibss.org.ua & g_polikarpov@mail.ru ABSTRACT: The most serious accident in a nuclear power plant to date occurred on April 26, 1986, at Chernobyl (Ukraine). Roughly 2% of the total fallout was deposited in the Black Sea basin. We summarize our views regarding the ecological consequences, based on a collective monograph (Polikarpov et al. 2008: Radioecological response of the Black Sea to the Chernobyl accident; in Russian). Radionuclide runoff into the Black Sea continues to this day, but long-term radioecological effects are minor, except for increased radionuclide levels in the sediments of several estuaries. KEY WORDS: Radiology · Radioecology · Radioactive tracers · Anthropogenic impact Full text in pdf format PreviousCite this article as: Polikarpov GG, Egorov VN (2009) Response of the Black Sea ecosystem to the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 376:307-308. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07901 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 376. Online publication date: February 11, 2009 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2009 Inter-Research.
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