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Fuller, N.; Smith, J.T.; Ford, A.T.

Effects of low-dose ionising radiation on reproduction and DNA damage in marine and freshwater amphipod crustaceans

https://doi.org/10.5285/b70afb8f-0a2b-40e6-aecc-ce484256bbfb

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Data comprise results of laboratory experiments assessing the impacts of beta radiation (phosphorus-32) on reproduction, development and DNA damage in a marine and freshwater crustacean species. All crustacean samples were collected either from Lock Lake, Portsmouth (marine crustacean Echinogammarus marinus) or from the River Ems, Emsworth (freshwater crustacean, Gammarus pulex). Laboratory experiments were conducted periodically from summer 2015 to autumn 2016 at the University of Portsmouth. The data are of use in elucidating the mechanisms and effects of low-dose ionising radiation on an important group of model organisms in radioecology.

Publication date: 2018-08-22

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Comma-separated values (CSV)

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Tabular (text)

Spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent

2015-06-01 to 2016-09-30

Provenance & quality

Sperm quality data was ascertained using a LIVE/DEAD sperm viability kit on sperm suspensions obtained by dissection. DNA damage data was obtained using a modified comet assay method.

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This dataset is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

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Fuller, N.; Smith, J.T.; Ford, A.T. (2018). Effects of low-dose ionising radiation on reproduction and DNA damage in marine and freshwater amphipod crustaceans. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b70afb8f-0a2b-40e6-aecc-ce484256bbfb

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TRansfer - Exposure - Effects (TREE) Integrating the science needed to underpin radioactivity assessments for humans and wildlife

Supplemental information

Comet Assay Analysis

This paper describes the software package that was used to calculate DNA damage in the associated dataset.

Embryo abnormality analysis

This paper describes the methods used within this dataset to analyse embryo abnormalities within amphipods.

This paper documents the methods which were adapted to perform the comet assay on amphipod sperm

Lacaze, E., Devaux, A., Mons, R., Bony, S., Garric, J., Geffard, A., & Geffard, O. (2011). DNA damage in caged Gammarus fossarum amphipods: A tool for freshwater genotoxicity assessment. Environmental Pollution, 159(6), 1682–1691.

Report describing methods used within this dataset to analyse embryo abnormalities within amphipods

Fuller, N., Smith, J.T., Nagorskaya, L.L., Gudkov, D.I., & Ford, A.T. (2017). Does Chernobyl-derived radiation impact the developmental stability of Asellus aquaticus 30 years on? Science of The Total Environment, 576, 242–250

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.097

Fuller, N., Lerebours, A., Smith, J.T., & Ford, A.T. (2015). The biological effects of ionising radiation on Crustaceans: A review. Aquatic Toxicology, 167, 55-67.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.07.013

Fuller, N., Ford, A.T., Nagorskaya, L.L., Gudkov, D.I., & Smith, J.T. (2018). Reproduction in the freshwater crustacean Asellus aquaticus along a gradient of radionuclide contamination at Chernobyl. Science of The Total Environment, 628–629, 11-17.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.309

Correspondence/contact details

Fuller, N.

University of Portsmouth

School of Biological Sciences
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP
UK

neil.fuller@port.ac.uk

Authors

Fuller, N.

University of Portsmouth

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9486-6654

Smith, J.T.

University of Portsmouth

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0808-2739

Ford, A.T.

University of Portsmouth

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5202-546X

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

Publisher

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories

environment

INSPIRE theme

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

Keywords

animal reproduction , beta radiation , biological development , COMET , crustacean , DNA , Echinogammarus marinus , Gammarus pulex , phosphorus-32 , Radioecology , Radioecology , TRansfer - Exposure – Effects (TREE)

Funding

Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/L000393/1