LOSS OF ZN65FROM THE CALIFORNIA SEA-MUSSEL MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS
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- 1 October 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 133 (2), 438-447
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1539838
Abstract
To determine the loss rate of Zn65 from Mytilus californianus under environmental conditions, colonies of the mussel were translocated from the vincinity of the Columbia River mouth to southern California waters, where much lower levels of Zn65 occur. They were suspended in nets from Scripps Pier and were sampled periodically for 1 year. During this time, the concentration of Zn65 in the soft tissues (after deducting radioactive decay) decreased by more than 97%. This decrease appears to be described satisfactorily by a single exponential function, with a biological half-time for growing organisms (averaging 11 cm in length) of 76 [plus or minus] 3.5 days.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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