Reproductive Capacity, but not Food Consumption, is Reduced by Continuous Exposure to Typical Genotoxic Stressor γ‐Rays in the sentinel species Gammarus fossarum

• Published in: Environmental toxicology and chemistry Vol. 43; no. 9; pp. 2071 - 2079
• Main Authors: Frelon, Sandrine, Recoura‐Massaquant, Rémi, Dubourg, Nicolas, Garnero, Laura, Bonzom, Jean‐Marc, Degli‐Esposti, Davide
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford University Press 01.09.2024; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic invertebrates; Biological effects; chemistry; Chronic exposure; Dose‐response modeling; Embryos; Environmental Sciences; Exposure; Fecundity; Females; Food consumption; Freshwater toxicology; Gammarus fossarum; Genotoxicity; health status; Human influences; indicator species; Invertebrate toxicology; Ionizing radiation; Irradiation; Life Sciences; Males; Molting; mutagens; Nuclear energy; nuclear power; Nuclear reactor components; Nuclear reactors; phenotype; Population dynamics; Radiation; reproductive performance; Reproductive toxicity; species; Wildlife; Ionizing radiation; Reproductive toxicity; Dose‐response modeling; Invertebrate toxicology; Aquatic invertebrates; Food consumption; Freshwater toxicology; Chronic exposure; Chronicity; Gammarids; Reproduction; Aquatic ecotoxicology; Dose - response

Abstract The long‐term impacts of radiocontaminants (and the associated risks) for ecosystems are still subject to vast societal and scientific debate while wildlife is chronically exposed to various sources and levels of either environmental or anthropogenic ionizing radiation from the use of nucle...