Transfer parameters for ICRP's Reference Animals and Plants in a terrestrial Mediterranean ecosystem
| Autor: | A. Muñoz-Serrano, J.M. Corrales-Vázquez, J. G. Muñoz-Muñoz, Maria Izquierdo, A. Salas, Nicholas A. Beresford, Michael Wood, Javier Guillén, Antonio Baeza |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Mediterranean ecosystem Pine tree 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Ecology and Environment Grassland Site dependent Radiation Protection Radiation Monitoring Environmental Chemistry Animals Ecosystem Waste Management and Disposal 0105 earth and related environmental sciences geography geography.geographical_feature_category biology Ecology Deer Earthworm General Medicine Plants biology.organism_classification Pollution Rats Radioactivity Internal dose Environmental chemistry Environmental science Tree cover Radioactive Pollutants |
| ISSN: | 0265-931X |
| Popis: | A system for the radiological protection of the environment (or wildlife) based on Reference Animals and Plants (RAPs) has been suggested by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). To assess whole-body activity concentrations for RAPs and the resultant internal dose rates, transfer parameters are required. However, transfer values specifically for the taxonomic families defined for the RAPs are often sparse and furthermore can be extremely site dependent. There is also a considerable geographical bias within available transfer data, with few data for Mediterranean ecosystems. In the present work, stable element concentrations (I, Li, Be, B, Na, Mg, Al, P, S, K. Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Cs, Ba, Tl, Pb and U) in terrestrial RAPs, and the corresponding whole-body concentration ratios, CRwo, were determined in two different Mediterranean ecosystems: a Pinewood and a Dehesa (grassland with disperse tree cover). The RAPs considered in the Pinewood ecosystem were Pine Tree and Wild Grass; whereas in the Dehesa ecosystem those considered were Deer, Rat, Earthworm, Bee, Frog, Duck and Wild Grass. The CRwo values estimated from these data are compared to those reported in international compilations and databases. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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