EFFECTS OF RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT ON SOIL ANIMAL POPULATIONS IN THE 30-KM ZONE OF THE CHERNOBYL ATOMIC POWER-STATION

被引：39

作者：

KRIVOLUTZKII, DA

POKARZHEVSKII, AD

机构：

[1] Institute of Evolutionary Animal Morphology and Ecology, the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow

来源：

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT | 1992年 / 112卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1016/0048-9697(92)90239-O

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Studies were carried out during July and September 1986, April 1987, and October 1988. Radioactive fallout after the Chernobyl atomic power station (APS) accident induced catastrophic effects on populations of small pine-litter faunae within the 3 km zone around the station. Effects on soil faunae were not so marked due to shielding by the soil, or on litter faunae at the edge of the 30 km zone due to distance from the source. Thirty-gray doses did not directly affect adult animals in the soil and litter, but impacted their eggs and juveniles. Resident populations recovered slowly during the first year after the accident. Insect migration into the contaminated area was the primary source of soil animal population recovery. After 2-2.5 years, marked differences between populations in the contaminated and control areas were no longer found.

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页码：69 / 77

页数：9