Addressing current knowledge gaps on radionuclide transfer to reptiles.

Wood, M.D.; Beresford, N.A.; Yankovich, T.L; Semenov, D.V.; Copplestone, D.. 2011 Addressing current knowledge gaps on radionuclide transfer to reptiles. Radioprotection, 46 (6). S521-S527. 10.1051/radiopro/20116792s

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Abstract/Summary

Model intercomparison exercises have identified radionuclide transfer predictions as the greatest source of uncertainty in biota dose assessments. One wildlife group for which few transfer data exist is reptiles, Given that reptiles are an important, and often protected, component of many ecosystems and that assessments of radiation impact on ecosystems are becoming increasingly necessary due to the current nuclear renaissance, there is a need to further develop our current database on transfer to reptiles or find alternative approaches to estimate reptile transfer parameters. Three approaches that have the potential to increase the availability of parameters to predict radionuclide transfer to reptiles are the use of non-lethal sampling techniques, phylogenetic relationships and allometric relationships. Non-lethal sampling is an attractive long term option for deriving transfer parameters, but the derivation of phylogenetic and allometric relationships could provide ways of predicting transfer in the interim.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1051/radiopro/20116792s
Programmes:	CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Biogeochemistry > BGC Topic 3 - Managing Threats to Environment and Health > BGC - 3.3 - Deliver effective advice, models and applied science ...
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Shore
ISSN:	0033-8451
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	This paper is open access - please click on the OFFICIAL URL link to access full text
Additional Keywords:	radioecology
Date made live:	27 Feb 2012 15:44 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/16907

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1051/radiopro/20116792s

Programmes:

CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Biogeochemistry > BGC Topic 3 - Managing Threats to Environment and Health > BGC - 3.3 - Deliver effective advice, models and applied science ...

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Shore

ISSN:

0033-8451

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

This paper is open access - please click on the OFFICIAL URL link to access full text