Evaluation of two models for predicting elemental accumulation by arthropods. Webster, undefined & Crossley, D. A. 1978.
Evaluation of two models for predicting elemental accumulation by arthropods. [pdf]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
Two different models have been proposed for predicting elemental accumulation by arthropods. Parameters of both models can be quantified from radioisotope elimination experiments. Our analysis of the two models shows that both predict identical elemental accumulation for a whole organism, though differing in the accumulation in body and gut. We quantified both models with experimental data from 134Cs and 85Sr elimination by crickets. Computer simulations of radioisotope accumulation were then compared with actual accumulation experiments. Neither model showed exact fit to the experimental data, though both showed the general pattern of elemental accumulation.

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