title: 226Ra activity in the mullet species Liza aurata and South Adriatic Sea marine.
abstract: (226)Ra activity in the South Adriatic Sea-water, surface sediment, mud with detritus, seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) samples and the mullet (Mugilidae) species Liza aurata, as well as soil and sand from the Montenegrin Coast-was measured using the six-crystal gamma-coincidence spectrometer PRIPYAT-2M. The results are used for calculation of the absorbed (and annual effective) dose rates in air due to the (226)Ra gamma radiation. The absorbed dose rates ranged from 5.94 to 97.16 nGy h(-1) (soil) and from 0.65 to 7.65 nGy h(-1) (sand). In seawater (226)Ra activity is found to be from 0.08 to 0.15 Bq l(-1), while in whole L. aurata individuals from 0.58 to 1.97 Bq kg(-1). Annual intake of (226)Ra by human consumers of this fish species has been estimated to provide an effective dose of 0.006 mSv y(-1).
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Montenegro, Dzordza Vashingtona bb, 20 000 Podgorica, Montenegro. nenaa@rc.pmf.ac.me
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Antovic
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Antovic
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Svrkota
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D005720:Gamma Rays; D054548:Montenegro; D006109:Poaceae; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D011883:Radium / Q000032:analysis*; D023701:Smegmamorpha; D012987:Soil; D013051:Spectrometry, Gamma / Q000379:methods; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D012987:Soil; D014867:Water; D011883:Radium