All Outputs (53)

Factors in organisational environmental management system implementation – Developed vs. Developing country contexts (2014)
Journal Article
Kola-Lawal, C., Wood, M., Alo, B., & Clark, A. (2014). Factors in organisational environmental management system implementation – Developed vs. Developing country contexts. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2(4), 408-421. https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.2014.02.0032

Country specificities and national cultures influence Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation and pro-environmental behaviour in organisations. Previous studies have focused on organisations in developed or emerging economies, creating... Read More about Factors in organisational environmental management system implementation – Developed vs. Developing country contexts.

Predicting exposure of wildlife in radionuclide contaminated wetland ecosystems (2014)
Journal Article
Stark, K., Andersson, P., Beresford, N., Yankovich, T., Wood, M., Johansen, M., …Vandenhove, H. (2015). Predicting exposure of wildlife in radionuclide contaminated wetland ecosystems. Environmental Pollution, 196, 201-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2014.10.012

Many wetlands support high biodiversity and are protected sites, but some are contaminated with radionuclides from routine or accidental releases from nuclear facilities. This radiation exposure needs to be assessed to demonstrate radiological prote... Read More about Predicting exposure of wildlife in radionuclide contaminated wetland ecosystems.

A new simplified allometric approach for predicting the biological half-life of radionuclides in reptiles (2014)
Journal Article
Beresford, N., & Wood, M. (2014). A new simplified allometric approach for predicting the biological half-life of radionuclides in reptiles. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 138, 116-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.08.012

A major source of uncertainty in the estimation of radiation dose to wildlife is the prediction of internal radionuclide activity concentrations. Allometric (mass-dependent) relationships describing biological half-life (T1/2b) of radionuclides in or... Read More about A new simplified allometric approach for predicting the biological half-life of radionuclides in reptiles.

Spatial analysis of Carbon-14 dynamics in a wetland ecosystem (Duke Swamp, Chalk River Laboratories, Canada) (2014)
Journal Article
Yankovich, T., King-Sharp, K., Carr, J., Robertson, E., Killey, R., Beresford, N., & Wood, M. (2014). Spatial analysis of Carbon-14 dynamics in a wetland ecosystem (Duke Swamp, Chalk River Laboratories, Canada). Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 137, 173-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.07.007

A detailed survey was conducted to quantify the spatial distribution of 14C in Sphagnum moss and underlying soil collected in Duke Swamp. This wetland environment receives 14C via groundwater pathways from a historic radioactive Waste Management Area... Read More about Spatial analysis of Carbon-14 dynamics in a wetland ecosystem (Duke Swamp, Chalk River Laboratories, Canada).

Evaluating summarised radionuclide concentration ratio datasets for wildlife (2013)
Journal Article
Wood, M., Beresford, N., Howard, B., & Copplestone, D. (2013). Evaluating summarised radionuclide concentration ratio datasets for wildlife. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 126, 314-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.07.022

Concentration ratios (CRwo-media) are used in most radioecological models to predict whole-body radionuclide activity concentrations in wildlife from those in environmental media. This simplistic approach amalgamates the various factors influencing... Read More about Evaluating summarised radionuclide concentration ratio datasets for wildlife.

Plutonium in wildlife and soils at the Maralinga legacy site : Persistence over decadal time scales (2013)
Journal Article
Johansen, M., Child, D., Davis, E., Doering, C., Harrison, J., Hotchkis, M., …Wood, M. (2014). Plutonium in wildlife and soils at the Maralinga legacy site : Persistence over decadal time scales. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 131, 72-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.10.014

The mobility of plutonium (Pu) in soils, and its uptake into a range of wildlife, were examined using recent and ~25 year old data from the Taranaki area of the former Maralinga weapons test site, Australia. Since its initial deposition in the early... Read More about Plutonium in wildlife and soils at the Maralinga legacy site : Persistence over decadal time scales.

Demonstrating compliance with protection objectives for non-human biota within post-closure safety cases for radioactive waste repositories (2013)
Journal Article
Jackson, D., Smith, K., & Wood, M. (2013). Demonstrating compliance with protection objectives for non-human biota within post-closure safety cases for radioactive waste repositories. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 133, 60-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.07.005

Over recent years, a number of approaches have been developed that enable the calculation of dose rates to animals and plants following the release of radioactivity to the environment. These approaches can be used to assess the potential impacts of a... Read More about Demonstrating compliance with protection objectives for non-human biota within post-closure safety cases for radioactive waste repositories.

The IAEA handbook on radionuclide transfer to wildlife (2013)
Journal Article
Howard, B., Beresford, N., Copplestone, D., Telleria, D., Proehl, G., Fesenko, S., …Wells, C. (2013). The IAEA handbook on radionuclide transfer to wildlife. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 121, 55-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.01.027

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.

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.

Assessing doses to terrestrial wildlife at a radioactive waste disposal site: Inter-comparison of modelling approaches
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Johansen, M., Barnett, C., Beresford, N., Brown, J., Černe, M., Howard, B., …Yu, C. Assessing doses to terrestrial wildlife at a radioactive waste disposal site: Inter-comparison of modelling approaches. Science of the Total Environment, 427-42, 238-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.031

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.