[ RadSafe ] Chernobyl

[Dan McCarn]

Hi Mohan:

>From first-hand experience & observation, I can say that the wild boar
along the Prypiat River & swamp were doing exceedingly well back in
1995-96. My experience with wild boar in Europe goes back to 1980.

Best!

Dan ii

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On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Doss, Mohan <Mohan.Doss at fccc.edu> wrote:

> Dear All,
>      A long-term study of wildlife in Chernobyl
> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215009884
> published recently states (referring to the 2013 study by Møller and
> Mousseau):
> "However, a previous study of mammals using track counts [3] reported a
> negative relationship between radiation levels and mammal density. The
> discrepancy with our data is likely because this previous study [3] covered
> only 16.1 km of transects examined just once. Our data are derived from
> transects with a total length that is 20 times larger and repeated in two
> (21 routes) or three (14 routes) years."
>     This is a nice debunking of the results and claims of [3], Møller and
> Mousseau (2013), Assessing effects of radiation on abundance of mammals and
> predator-prey interactions in Chernobyl using tracks in the snow. Ecol.
> Indic. 26, 112-116.
>     The deer in the highest dose category had dose rates of ~50 microGy
> per hour in 2009 (Table S3, Supplemental Data), and so would have
> experienced quite high total doses over the years. The deer population for
> the highest dose routes does not seem to have decreased (Figure S1,
> Supplemental Data) in comparison to lower dose routes.
>     With best regards,
>                                      Mohan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Chernobyl
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> Radsafe,
>
> See news item on Google News
>
> Wildlife doing well around Chernobyl...
>
> Joe Preisig
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