%0 Journal Article %A Pan'kov, I. V. %A Andreyev, A. D. %D 2001 %I Begell House %N 3 %P 10 %R 10.1615/HydrobJ.v37.i3.100 %T Peculiarities of Radionuclide Accumulation by Representatives of "Soft" Benthos after the Chernobyl Accident %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/38cb2223012b73f2,7c4f305f115c2bcb,1fa691a277936472.html %V 37 %X The radioactivity of "soft" benthos representatives within the aquatic ecosystem affected by the Chernobyl accident can differ in hundred times. It is connected with the non-homogeneous radioactive contamination of bottom sediments. In this case, the content of long-living radionuclides in organisms of Oligochaeta and Chironomidae larvae depends on both the level of radioactive contamination of bottom sediments and the quantity of their radioactive elements in biologically accessible forms. %8 2001-06-01