title: Distribution of (137)Cs in the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) in Eastern Black Sea Coast of Turkey.
abstract: This study presents the results of (137)Cs and (40)K radionuclide concentrations in mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) samples collected during the period of February-November 2014 from twelve different stations within the border of the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. Also, these radionuclide concentrations were determined in sea water and sediment samples. The activity concentrations in seawater, sediment and mussel tissue samples were between 1.12-1.69mBqL(-1), 3.26-30.74 and 1.61-3.16Bqkg(-1) for (137)Cs and 231.41-399.49mBqL(-1), 215.71-450.07 and 286.84-382.16Bqkg(-1) for (40)K, respectively. These values are also in accordance with the concentrations reported for similar regions. Additionally, radiological impact parameters such as daily intake of (137)Cs and (40)K, annual committed effective dose and carcinogenic risk due to the consumption of mussel were calculated and compared with the international data. Lifetime cancer risk values are lower than the limit of 10(-3).
authors.affiliation: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Department of Physics, 53100 Rize, Turkey. Electronic address: hasan.baltas@erdogan.edu.tr.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baltas
authors.affiliation: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Department of Physics, 53100 Rize, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kiris
authors.affiliation: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Faculty of Fisheries, 53100 Rize, Turkey.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dalgic
authors.affiliation: Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Physics, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Cevik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D059038:Black Sea; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D019015:Geologic Sediments; D006801:Humans; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D049878:Mytilus / Q000187:drug effects*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes
keywords: (137)Cs; (40)K; Black Sea; Daily intake dose; Mussel; Sediment