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A database of radionuclide biological half-life values for wildlife

Data comprise biological and ecological half-life values for marine, freshwater, terrestrial and riparian organisms. The database includes 1908 biological half-life values for 52 elements across a range of wildlife groups (marine, freshwater, terrestrial and riparian). The compilation of values from a range of sources was conducted by an international working group under the auspices of an International Atomic Energy Agency programme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b95c2ea7-47d2-4816-b942-68779c59bc4d

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English (en)
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Dataset Reference Date ()
2015-06-30
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/b95c2ea7-47d2-4816-b942-68779c59bc4d
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doi: / 10.5285/b95c2ea7-47d2-4816-b942-68779c59bc4d
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Beresford, N.A., Beaugelin-Seiller, K., Wells, C., Vives-Lynch, S., Vives i Batlle, J., Wood, M.D., Tagami, K., Real, A., Burgos, J., Fesenko, S., Cujic, M., Kryshev, A., Pachal, N., Su, B.S., Barnett, C.L., Uchida, S., Hinton, T., Mihalík, J., Stark, K., Willrodt, C., Chaplow, J.S. (2015). A database of radionuclide biological half-life values for wildlife. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/b95c2ea7-47d2-4816-b942-68779c59bc4d
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Beresford, N.A.
  Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire - Beaugelin-Seiller, K.
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Wells, C.
  Independent Radiological Protection Specialist - Vives-Lynch, S.
  Belgian Nuclear Research Centre - Vives i Batlle, J.
  University of Salford - Wood, M.D.
  National Institute of Radiological Sciences - Tagami, K.
  Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas - Real, A.
  Independent Radiological Protection Specialist - Burgos, J.
  International Atomic Energy Agency - Fesenko, S.
  Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy - Cujic, M.
  Scientific & Production Association TYPHOON - Kryshev, A.
  McMaster University - Pachal, N.
  McMaster University - Su, B.S.
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Barnett, C.L.
  National Institute of Radiological Sciences - Uchida, S.
  Fukushima University - Hinton, T.
  National Radiation Protection Institute - Mihalík, J.
  Stockholm University - Stark, K.
  BfS - Willrodt, C.
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Chaplow, J.S.
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Professor Nick Beresford
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
  NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
  • Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
  • Pollution
  • Radioecology
  • radioecology
  • radionuclide
  • biological
  • ecological
  • half-life
  • elimination
  • rate
  • concentration
  • ratio
  • marine
  • freshwater
  • terrestrial
  • riparian
  • wildlife
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This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Beresford, N.A., Beaugelin-Seiller, K., Wells, C., Vives-Lynch, S., Vives i Batlle, J., Wood, M.D., Tagami, K., Real, A., Burgos, J., Fesenko, S., Cujic, M., Kryshev, A., Pachal, N., Su, B.S., Barnett, C.L., Uchida, S., Hinton, T., Mihalík, J., Stark, K., Willrodt, C., Chaplow, J.S. (2015). A database of radionuclide biological half-life values for wildlife. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b95c2ea7-47d2-4816-b942-68779c59bc4d
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Begin date
1957-01-01
End date
2015-06-04
 
Code
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Statement
Prior to beginning the review, a recording sheet (in Microsoft Excel), was designed to allow easy collation of the various components into the final database. The wildlife group categorisations were broadly compatible with those used in the Wildlife Transfer Database (as described by Copplestone et al. 2013) and subsequently by the IAEA (Howard et al. 2013; IAEA 2014). The 'Changeover time' is the intersect of the first and second biological half-lives when two regression lines on a logarithmic scale. No attempt was made to standardise the English common names used; similarly we have not updated Latin species names, but we acknowledge that these may have changed since the original publications.

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Metadata Date
2021-06-25T18:35:10
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
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