This book focuses on the impacts of anthropogenic radiation on
wildlife and ecosystems and provides an in-depth look at the
approaches and available tools we can use to gain information about
biological effects of radiation in the environment. The nuclear
accidents in Chornobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011 focussed the
attention of the world on the vulnerability of ecosystems to
radiation. In Chornobyl, there still remains an exclusion zone
where levels are considered to be too high for people and impacts
on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems can still be measured 35
years later. In the area impacted by the Fukushima disaster,
intense remediation is still under way at tremendous cost and
causing widespread disruption to the environment. That accident
impacted the terrestrial and marine ecosystems. In both accidents
it became obvious that a radiation protection framework focussing
on protection of “humans” (a single species) and using
evacuation as a key strategy, was not sufficient to protect the
natural environment. The complexity of ecosystems makes developing
a protection framework very challenging but in order to even start
the process it is vital to gather information about likely impacts
of low dose exposures on wildlife and to develop monitoring tools
to measure changes over time. This book contains reviews and
original research aimed at filling our knowledge gaps about these
important areas. Environmental Radiobiology will be a key resource
for academics, researchers, and advanced students of Radiobiology,
Radioecology, Biology, Ecology, Biomedicine and Research Methods.
The chapters included in this book were originally published as a
special issue of International Journal of Radiation Biology.
General
| Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Firstpublished: |
2024 |
| Editors: |
Paul N. Schofield
• Carmel E. Mothersill
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| Dimensions: |
280 x 210mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
208 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-255768-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-03-255768-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781032557687 |
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