Exploring taxonomic relationships corresponding to radiocaesium transfer to marine biota

Brown, J.; Beresford, N.; Hevrøy, T.H.. 2017 Exploring taxonomic relationships corresponding to radiocaesium transfer to marine biota. [Lecture] In: 4th International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity (ICRER), Berlin, Germany, 3-8 Sept 2017. (Unpublished)

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Abstract/Summary

A common means of quantifying the transfer of radionuclides in ecosystems is through the application of concentration ratios (CRs). Given the large number of organism-radionuclide combinations that may require assessment, it is perhaps not surprising that for many there are no data. In these circumstances various ‘extrapolation’ approaches have been suggested to derive a suitable value. One potentially useful approach is based upon the hypothesis that some form of underlying taxonomic and/or phylogentic relationship exists in relation to ecological transfer of radionuclides. The objective of this study was to explore if taxonomic classifications could be used to explain variation in the transfer of radiocaesium to a wide range of marine organisms based on field observations analysed using Residual Maximum Likelihood (REML) mixed-model regression.

Item Type:	Publication - Conference Item (Lecture)
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Shore
Additional Keywords:	radioecology
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	26 Sep 2017 10:41 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517834

Item Type:

Publication - Conference Item (Lecture)

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Shore

Additional Keywords:

radioecology

NORA Subject Terms:

Ecology and Environment

Date made live:

26 Sep 2017 10:41 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517834