Impact assessment of ionising radiation on wildlife: Meeting the requirements of the EU birds and habitats directives

Copplestone, D.; Wood, M.D.; Merrill, P.C.; Allott, R.; Jones, S.R.; Vives i Batlle, J.; Beresford, N.A.; Zinger, I.. 2005 Impact assessment of ionising radiation on wildlife: Meeting the requirements of the EU birds and habitats directives. Radioprotection, 40 (Supplement 1). S893-S898. 10.1051/radiopro:2005s1-131

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Abstract/Summary

In the UK, research funded by the Environment Agency/English Nature has provided a series of spreadsheet-based assessment tools for calculating doses received by biota in coastal, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. The approach uses the reference organism concept where the organism of interest (feature species) is equated to a particular reference organism (based on its physical geometry and ecology). This paper describes the stages followed to collate additional species-, and site-, specific data and to undertake assessments to determine whether Natura 2000 sites are adequately protected from authorised releases of ionising radiation. The feature species used for the assessment were species listed under the EC Birds and Habitats Directives. The paper will describe the overall assessment process followed by the UK Environment Agency, demonstrating the staged assessment process adopted; how each feature species is mathematically aligned with the most appropriate reference organism geometry; and provide an example of the assessment conducted for the Natura 2000 sites located in the Humber Estuary, UK.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1051/radiopro:2005s1-131
Programmes:	CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry > SE01B Sustainable Monitoring, Risk Assessment and Management of Chemicals > SE01.4 Monitoring and predicting the distribution of chemicals in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	_ Environmental Chemistry & Pollution
ISSN:	0033-8451
Additional Keywords:	radioecology
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	23 Apr 2012 11:12 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17717

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