Sobakin P.I., Zakharov E.S. & Safronov V.M.
(2021):
Global 137Cs pollution of the Territory of Yakutia and content in the feed and tissue of wild game,
Biology Bulletin,
48: 506-513
Data on the concentration of 137Cs is obtained from soils, food plants, and muscle tissue of seven species of game animals (wild reindeer, elk, roe deer, musk deer, bighorn sheep, white hare, and brown bear) in the tundra and taiga zones of Yakutia. It has been shown that reindeer and musk deer are consumers of bushy lichens, are characterized by a relatively high content of 137Cs (up to 51.6–75.1 Bq/kg), and can be a source of its intake into the organism of the next level consumer—the brown …
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