The goal of the ‘Fish’ model is to dynamically simulate the bioaccumulation of organic contaminants and metals in fish and to calculate the concentration of chemicals accumulated in fish caught for human food.
Name | Provided by | Comment |
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Concentration in phytoplankton | Phytoplankton | |
Concentration of the chemical in dissolved water | River,River measurements | |
Concentration of the chemical in invertebrate caught for human food | Invertebrate | |
Lipid fraction of invertebrate | Invertebrate | |
Organinc carbon fraction of phytoplankton | Phytoplankton | |
Water temperature | River,River measurements |
Name | Used by | Comment |
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Concentration of the chemical in fish caught for human food | Human intake,Population intake | |
Elimination from biota | River | |
Uptake by biota from water | River |