Table 2 Dose rates of breeding Eastern tree frog (Hyla orientalis) males captured within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (2016–2018).

From: Assessment of exposure to ionizing radiation in Chernobyl tree frogs (Hyla orientalis)

Locality

Code

Sampled frogs (n)

Internal dose rate (μGy/h)

External dose rate (μGy/h)

Total dose rate (μGy/h)

Vershina

VE

13

19.45 (7.65–34.77)

1.51

20.96 (9.16–36.28)

Azbuchin

AZ

46

13.31 (1.47–37.49)

1.82 (1.69–2.00)

15.13 (3.16–39.35)

Muravka

MU

12

4.89 (2.92–7.72)

0.58

4.81 (3.50–8.29)

Glyboke Hydro

GH

10

4.72 (0.51–13.25)

0.69

5.41 (1.19–13.94)

Northern Trace

NT

18

2.46 (1.16–4.74)

0.46

2.93 (1.63–5.20)

Dolzhikovo

DO

49

2.25 (0–5.48)

0.33 (0.33–0.34)

2.58 (0.33–5.82)

Lubianka

LU

5

0.09 (0.05–0.14)

0.03

0.11 (0.10–0.17)

Novosiolki

NO

12

0 (MDA–0.02)

MDA

0.01 (MDA–0.02)

Zalesie

ZA

12

0.02 (MDA–0.04)

0.01

0.03 (0.02–0.05)

Yampol

YA

14

0 (MDA–0.01)

0.01

0.01 (0.01–0.02)

Glinka

GL

25

0.01 (MDA–0.05)

MDA

0.01 (MDA–0.05)

Razjezzheie

RA

10

0.11 (MDA–0.90)

MDA

0.11 (MDA–0.91)

  1. Data presented as mean value (range). Only localities sampled more than 1 year had variation in external dose rates (see text). MDA minimum detectable activity.