Using an Ecosystem Approach to complement protection schemes based on organism-level endpoints
| Autor: | Lawrence W. Barnthouse, Valery E. Forbes, Clare Bradshaw, Ulrik Kautsky, Lawrence A. Kapustka, Justin Brown, Stanislav A. Geras’kin, Philippe Ciffroy, François Bréchignac |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Stockholm University, University of Nebraska [Lincoln], University of Nebraska System, Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB), Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Human ecosystem
Conservation of Natural Resources medicine.medical_specialty Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Population Biology Ecological systems theory Risk Assessment Radiation Protection Goods and services Radioecology Radiation Monitoring medicine Environmental Chemistry education Function (engineering) Waste Management and Disposal Ecosystem Organism media_common education.field_of_study business.industry Environmental resource management General Medicine Pollution Complement (complexity) 13. Climate action [SDE]Environmental Sciences business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Radioactivity Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Elsevier, 2014, 136, pp.98-104. ⟨10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.05.017⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0265-931X 1879-1700 |
| Popis: | International audience; Radiation protection goals for ecological resources are focussed on ecological structures and functions at population-, community-, and ecosystem-levels. The current approach to radiation safety for non-human biota relies on organism-level endpoints, and as such is not aligned with the stated overarching protection goals of international agencies. Exposure to stressors can trigger non-linear changes in ecosystem structure and function that cannot be predicted from effects on individual organisms. From the ecological sciences, we know that important interactive dynamics related to such emergent properties determine the flows of goods and services in ecological systems that human societies rely upon. A previous Task Group of the IUR (International Union of Radioecology) has presented the rationale for adding an Ecosystem Approach to the suite of tools available to manage radiation safety. In this paper, we summarize the arguments for an Ecosystem Approach and identify next steps and challenges ahead pertaining to developing and implementing a practical Ecosystem Approach to complement organism-level endpoints currently used in radiation safety. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. |
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