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Description

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.

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Inputs

NameProvided byComment
Concentration in phytoplanktonPhytoplankton
Concentration of the chemical in dissolved waterRiver,River measurements
Concentration of the chemical in invertebrate caught for human foodInvertebrate
Lipid fraction of invertebrateInvertebrate
Organinc carbon fraction of phytoplanktonPhytoplankton
Water temperatureRiver,River measurements

Outputs

NameUsed byComment
Concentration of the chemical in fish caught for human foodHuman intake,Population intake
Elimination from biotaRiver
Uptake by biota from waterRiver

Working with the fish model

See also

merlin-expo/models/fish.txt · Last modified: 2015/08/13 14:12 (external edit)