To address the lack of effective dose quantification methods for the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) in radiation ecology research, this study employs remeshing techniques to develop a comprehensive mesh-type model covering multi-life stages, from embryonic to larval (L1, L2, L3, L4) and adulthood. Using these models, Dose Coefficients (DC) for C. elegans in a soil environment under different exposure conditions (external and internal), material settings, and radioactive nuclides (³H, ⁶⁰Co, ⁹⁰Sr, 12⁹I, 1³1I, 1³⁴Cs, 1³⁷Cs) were calculated with the Monte Carlo toolkit Geant4. The results show that the difference in DC, when C. elegans material is set as either biological material or water, is within 5%. Under external exposure conditions, the impact of life stages on the population's average DC is minimal (with a maximum deviation not exceeding 10%). However, the distribution within the population varied significantly across life stages (under external exposure to 137Cs, the dispersion was 12.02% for adults and a considerably higher 60.30% for larvae). The earlier the life stage, the greater the variability in DC distribution within the C. elegans population. Furthermore, correlation analysis indicates a strong relationship between DC and life stages under internal exposure scenarios. The mesh-type model of C. elegans established in this study provides a valuable tool for radiation ecology research and has potential applications in broader research fields.
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