Journal
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 79, Issue -, Pages 283-287Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.01.014
Keywords
Cs-137 exposure; Larval density; Scaphiopus holbrookii; Multiple stressors; Low dose rate; Radiation effects
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- Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
- L. Namowitsky's Foundation
- Swedish Radiation Protection Authority (SSI)
- U. S. Department of Energy [DE-FC09-96SR18546, FC09-07SR22506]
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In parallel with a renewed interest in nuclear power and its possible environmental impacts, a new environmental radiation protection system calls for environmental indicators of radiological stress. However, because environmental stressors seldom occur alone, this study investigated the combined effects of an ecological stressor (larval density) and an anthropogenic stressor (ionizing radiation) on amphibians. Scaphiopus holbrookii tadpoles reared at different larval densities were exposed to four low irradiation dose rates (0.13, 2.4, 21, and 222 mGy d(-1)) from Cs-137 during the sensitive period prior to and throughout metamorphosis. Body size at metamorphosis and development rate served as fitness correlates related to population dynamics. Results showed that increased larval density decreased body size but did not affect development rate. Low dose rate radiation had no impact on either endpoint. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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