Radiocesium accumulation in aquatic organisms: A global synthesis from an experimentalist's perspective

Métian, Marc; Pouil, Simon; Fowler, Scott W.

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“…Data on the subject are indeed largely abundant in the literature and this article does not intend to review it. The following references published over the last decade may be considered as more exhaustive for the reader: Hu et al, [6] Sachs et al, [7] Walter et al, [8] Kersting, [9] Maher et al, [10] Romanchuk et al, [11] Metian et al, [12] G. J-P. Deblonde et al [13] This perspective article presents the methodological evolution of the work performed in the Nice radiochemistry laboratory (Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France), now part of Institut de Chimie de Nice (ICN), in environmental chemistry of radionuclides and lies on a selection (not exhaustive) of literature data. Since the beginning of environmental chemistry research in Nice in 1980, the approach has shifted over time from pure radioecology to a radioecology combined with environmental radiochemistry and even biochemistry.…”

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Environmental Chemistry of Radionuclides : Open Questions and Perspectives

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Since the discovery of nuclear fission, atomic energy has become for mankind a source of energy, but it has also become a source of consternation. This Perspective presents and discusses the methodological evolution of the work performed in the radiochemistry laboratory that is part of the Institut de Chimie de Nice (France). Most studies in radioecology and environmental radiochemistry have intended to assess the impact and inventory of very low levels of radionuclides in specific environmental compartments. But chemical mechanisms at the molecular level remain a mystery because it is technically impossible (due to large dilution factors) to assess speciation in those systems. Ultra‐trace levels of contamination and heterogeneity often preclude the use of spectroscopic techniques and the determination of direct speciation data, thus forming the bottleneck of speciation studies. The work performed in the Nice radiochemistry laboratory underlines this effort to input speciation data (using spectroscopic techniques like X ray Absorption Spectroscopy) in environmental and radioecological metrics.

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Environmental Chemistry of Radionuclides : Open Questions and Perspectives

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“…The use of a suite of radioactive isotopic tracers (radiotracers) both in controlled laboratory experiments (reviews by Fisher and Reinfelder, 1995;Fowler et al, 2004;Stewart et al, 2008;Metian et al, 2019a) and in field settings (Swarzenski and Porcelli, 2003;Fry, 2006;Baskaran, 2011;Fowler, 2011;Harmelin-Vivien et al, 2012) has been invaluable to advance our understanding of marine and coastal ecosystems. These experiments (lab and field) have enabled efficient analyses of the uptake and retention of diverse contaminants in aquatic organisms.…”

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Exploring New Frontiers in Marine Radioisotope Tracing – Adapting to New Opportunities and Challenges

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Radioisotopes have been used in earth and environmental sciences for over 150 years and provide unique tools to study environmental processes in great detail from a cellular level through to an oceanic basin scale. These nuclear techniques have been employed to understand coastal and marine ecosystems via laboratory and field studies in terms of how aquatic organisms respond to environmental stressors, including temperature, pH, nutrients, metals, organic anthropogenic contaminants, and biological toxins. Global marine issues, such as ocean warming, deoxygenation, plastic pollution, ocean acidification, increased duration, and intensity of toxic harmful algal blooms (HABs), and coastal contamination are all impacting marine environments, thereby imposing various environmental and economic risks. Being able to reliably assess the condition of coastal and marine ecosystems, and how they may respond to future disturbances, can provide vital information for society in the sustainable management of their marine environments. This paper summarizes the historical use of radiotracers in these systems, describes how existing techniques of radioecological tracing can be developed for specific current environmental issues and provides information on emerging issues that would benefit from current and new radiotracer methods. Current challenges with using radioecological tracers and opportunities are highlighted, as well as opportunities to maximize the application of these methods to greatly increase the ability of environmental managers to conduct evidence-based management of coastal and marine ecosystems.

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Radiocesium accumulation in aquatic organisms: A global synthesis from an experimentalist's perspective

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Environmental Chemistry of Radionuclides : Open Questions and Perspectives

Environmental Chemistry of Radionuclides : Open Questions and Perspectives

Exploring New Frontiers in Marine Radioisotope Tracing – Adapting to New Opportunities and Challenges

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