Publication Abstract
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A comparison of the effects of long-term b- and g- irradiation on the reproductive performance of a marine invertebrate Ophryotrocha diadema (Polychaeta, Dorvilleidae)
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A comparison of the effects of long-term b- and g- irradiation on the reproductive performance of a marine invertebrate Ophryotrocha diadema (Polychaeta, Dorvilleidae)
J.F. Knowles and L.N. Greenwood
The effects of chronic exposure to equivalent absorbed dose rates of β radiation from tritiated water, or γ radiation from an external 137CS source, on the reproductive performance of the polychaete Ophryotrocha diadema have been compared. At 7.3 mGy h-1 both β- and γ-radiation caused similar, significant reductions in numbers of larvae compared with controls. The γ -irradiated worms had significant reductions in egg production but not in survival of eggs to larvae while β-irradiated worms had significant reductions in survival of eggs to larvae but not in egg production. There was no evidence for the high radiosensitivity to β-radiation reported for some other invertebrates.
Reference:
J.F. Knowles and L.N. Greenwood, 1996. A comparison of the effects of long-term b- and g- irradiation on the reproductive performance of a marine invertebrate Ophryotrocha diadema (Polychaeta, Dorvilleidae). Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 34(1): 1-7
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J.F. Knowles* and L.N. Greenwood*
- Publication Date
- January 1996
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Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 34(1): 1-7
- Publication DOI: https://doi.org/
