All Outputs (68)

The IAEA handbook on radionuclide transfer to wildlife (2013)
Journal Article

An IAEA handbook presenting transfer parameter values for wildlife has recently been produced. Concentration ratios (CRwo-media) between the whole organism (fresh weight) and either soil (dry weight) or water were collated for a range of wildlife gro... Read More about The IAEA handbook on radionuclide transfer to wildlife.

Uncertainty analysis in a GIS-based multi-criteria analysis tool for river catchment management (2011)
Journal Article
Chen, H., Wood, M., Linstead, C., & Maltby, E. (2011). Uncertainty analysis in a GIS-based multi-criteria analysis tool for river catchment management. Environmental Modelling and Software, 26(4), 395-405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.09.005

The importance of uncertainty analysis has been increasingly recognised, due to the influence of uncertainties in data, models and expert judgements. However, the successful integration of uncertainty analysis into multi-criteria analysis (MCA) has r... Read More about Uncertainty analysis in a GIS-based multi-criteria analysis tool for river catchment management.

Radionuclide transfer to invertebrates and small mammals in a coastal sand dune ecosystem (2009)
Journal Article
Wood, M., Leah, R., Jones, S., & Copplestone, D. (2009). Radionuclide transfer to invertebrates and small mammals in a coastal sand dune ecosystem. Science of the Total Environment, 407(13), 4062-4074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.03.011

International intercomparisons of models to assess the impact of ionising radiation on wildlife have
identified radionuclide transfer assumptions as a significant source of uncertainty in the modelling process.
There is a need to improve the underp... Read More about Radionuclide transfer to invertebrates and small mammals in a coastal sand dune ecosystem.

Background exposure rates of terrestrial wildlife in England and Wales (2008)
Journal Article
Beresford, N., Barnett, C., Jones, D., Wood, M., Appleton, J., Breward, N., & Copplestone, D. (2008). Background exposure rates of terrestrial wildlife in England and Wales. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 99(9), 1430-1439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.03.003

It has been suggested that, when assessing radiation impacts on non-human biota, estimated dose rates
due to anthropogenically released radionuclides should be put in context by comparison to dose rates
from natural background radiation. In order t... Read More about Background exposure rates of terrestrial wildlife in England and Wales.

An innovative portable detector for the live-monitoring of radionuclides in small terrestrial animals
Thesis
Fawkes, R. (in press). An innovative portable detector for the live-monitoring of radionuclides in small terrestrial animals. (Thesis). University of Salford

Radionuclide measurements in wildlife are required to demonstrate that the environment is not significantly impacted by radioactivity. Determination of internal radionuclide activity concentrations often requires destructive sampling. Development of... Read More about An innovative portable detector for the live-monitoring of radionuclides in small terrestrial animals.

Measuring terrestrial wildlife external radiation exposure under field conditions
Thesis

This thesis presents the results of a 3-year project to develop methods for measuring external radiation exposure of free-ranging terrestrial animals under field conditions. An evaluation of available passive dosimeter technologies was undertaken and... Read More about Measuring terrestrial wildlife external radiation exposure under field conditions.

Assessing doses to terrestrial wildlife at a radioactive waste disposal site: Inter-comparison of modelling approaches
Journal Article

Radiological doses to terrestrial wildlife were examined in this model inter-comparison study that emphasised factors causing variability in dose estimation. The study participants used varying modelling approaches and information sources to estimate... Read More about Assessing doses to terrestrial wildlife at a radioactive waste disposal site: Inter-comparison of modelling approaches.

Radionuclide transfer to reptiles
Journal Article
Wood, M., Beresford, N., Semenov, D., Yankovich, T., & Copplestone, D. Radionuclide transfer to reptiles. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics, 49(4), 509-530. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00411-010-0321-1

Reptiles are an important, and often protected,
component of many ecosystems but have rarely been fully
considered within ecological risk assessments (ERA) due
to a paucity of data on contaminant uptake and effects. This
paper presents a meta-ana... Read More about Radionuclide transfer to reptiles.