FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Cs-137 baseline levels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea: A cross-basin survey of the CIESM Mediterranean Mussel Watch programme BT AF THEBAULT, Herve BAENA, A ANDRAL, Bruno BARISIC, D ALBALADEJO, J BOLOGA, A BOUDJENOUN, R DELFANTI, R EGOROV, V KHOUKHI, T FLOROU, H KNIEWALD, G NOUREDDINE, A PATRASCU, V PHAM, M SCARPATO, A STOKOZOV, N TOPCUOGLU, S WARNAU, M AS 1:1;2:;3:2;4:3;5:4;6:5;7:6;8:7;9:8;10:9;11:10;12:3;13:6;14:5;15:;16:11;17:8;18:12;19:; FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-DOP-LER-LERPAC;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:;18:;19:; C1 Ctr Ifremer, LERCM, IRSN, F-83507 La Seyne Sur Mer, France. IFREMER, F-83507 La Seyne Sur Mer, France. Rudjer Boskovic Inst, Lab Trace Phys Chem, Ctr Marine & Environm Res, Zagreb 10002, Croatia. Ctr Oceanograf Murcia, IEO, San Pedro Del Pinatar 30740, Spain. Natl Inst Marine Res & Dev Grigore Antipa, RO-900581 Constanta, Romania. Commissariat Energie Atom COMENA, Ctr Radioprotect Rech Nucl Algeret Surete, Lab Etud Impact Radiol, Algiers 16000, Algeria. Marine Environm Res Ctr, Ente Nuove Tecnol Energia & Ambiente ENEA, La Spezia, Italy. Natl Acad Sci Ukraine, IBSS, UA-99011 Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine. Ctr Etud Nucl Maamora CNESTEN, Rabat 10001, Morocco. Demokritos Natl Ctr Sci Res, GR-15310 Athens, Greece. ICRAM Ist Cent Ric Sci & Tenol Applicata Mare, I-00166 Rome, Italy. Cekmece Nucl Res & Training Ctr CNAEM, TR-43831 Istanbul, Turkey. C2 IRSN, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE RUDJER BOSKOVIC INST, CROATIA IEO, SPAIN NATL INST MARINE RES & DEV GRIGORE ANTIPA, ROMANIA CEA, ALGERIA MARINE ENVIRONM RES CTR, ITALY NATL ACAD SCI UKRAINE, UKRAINE CNESTEN, MOROCCO DEMOKRITOS NATL CTR SCI RES, GREECE ICRAM, ITALY CNAEM, TURKEY SI TOULON SE IRSN PDG-DOP-LER-LERPAC IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 2.562 TC 54 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4477.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Black Sea;Mediterranean;Mussel watch;Monitoring;Radionuclides;Bivalves AB The common mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis was selected as unique biomonitor species to implement a regional monitoring programme, the CIESM Mediterranean Mussel Watch (MMW), in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. As of today, and upon standardization of the methodological approach, the MMW Network has been able to quantify Cs-137 levels in mussels from 60 coastal stations and to produce the first distribution map of this artificial radionuclide at the scale of the entire Mediterranean and Black Seas. While: measured Cs-137 levels were found to be very low (usually <1 Bq kg(-1) wet wt) Cs-137 activity concentrations in the Black Sea and North Aegean Sea were up to two orders of magnitude higher than those in the western Mediterranean Basin. Such effects, far from representing a threat to human populations or the environment, reflect a persistent signature of the Chernobyl fallout in this area. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. PY 2008 PD SEP SO Marine Pollution Bulletin SN 0025-326X PU Elsevier VL 57 IS 6-12 UT 000257816300071 BP 801 EP 806 DI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.11.010 ID 4477 ER EF