Enviromental influences on the {sup 137}Cs kinetics of the yellow-bellied turtle (Trachemys Scripta)

Peters, E L; Brisbin, Jr, L I

doi:10.2307/2963483

Title: Enviromental influences on the {sup 137}Cs kinetics of the yellow-bellied turtle (Trachemys Scripta)

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Assessments of ecological risk require accurate predictions of contaminant dynamics in natural populations. However, simple deterministic models that assume constant uptake rates and elimination fractions may compromise both their ecological realism and their general application to animals with variable metabolism or diets. In particular, the temperature-dependent model of metabolic rates characteristic of ectotherms may lead to significant differences between observed and predicted contaminant kinetics. We examined the influence of a seasonally variable thermal environment on predicting the uptake and annual cycling of contaminants by ectotherms, using a temperature-dependent model of {sup 137}Cs kinetics in free-living yellow-bellied turtles, Trachemys scripta. We compared predictions from this model with those of deterministics negative exponential and flexibly shaped Richards sigmoidal models. Concentrations of {sup 137}Cs in a population if this species in Pond B, a radionuclide-contaminated nuclear reactor cooling reservoir, and {sup 137}Cs uptake by the uncontaminated turtles held captive in Pond B for 4 yr confirmed both the pattern of uptake and the equilibrium concentrations predicted by the temperature-dependent model. Almost 90% of the variance on the predicted time-integrated {sup 137}Cs concentration was explainable by linear relationships with model paramaters. The model was also relatively insensitive to uncertainties in the estimates of ambientmore »« less

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Peters, E L ^[1]; Brisbin, Jr, L I ^[2]

Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States)
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 450665

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Ecological Monographs

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 66; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1996

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, APPLIED STUDIES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; TURTLES; CONTAMINATION; CESIUM 137; UPTAKE; INGESTION; METABOLISM; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; DIET; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; COOLING PONDS

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                    Peters, E L, and Brisbin, Jr, L I. Enviromental influences on the {sup 137}Cs kinetics of the yellow-bellied turtle (Trachemys Scripta).  United States: N. p., 1996. 
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                    Peters, E L, & Brisbin, Jr, L I. Enviromental influences on the {sup 137}Cs kinetics of the yellow-bellied turtle (Trachemys Scripta).  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2307/2963483

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                    Peters, E L, and Brisbin, Jr, L I. 1996.  
        "Enviromental influences on the {sup 137}Cs kinetics of the yellow-bellied turtle (Trachemys Scripta)".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2307/2963483.

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  title        = {Enviromental influences on the {sup 137}Cs kinetics of the yellow-bellied turtle (Trachemys Scripta)},

  author       = {Peters, E L and Brisbin, Jr, L I},

  abstractNote = {Assessments of ecological risk require accurate predictions of contaminant dynamics in natural populations. However, simple deterministic models that assume constant uptake rates and elimination fractions may compromise both their ecological realism and their general application to animals with variable metabolism or diets. In particular, the temperature-dependent model of metabolic rates characteristic of ectotherms may lead to significant differences between observed and predicted contaminant kinetics. We examined the influence of a seasonally variable thermal environment on predicting the uptake and annual cycling of contaminants by ectotherms, using a temperature-dependent model of {sup 137}Cs kinetics in free-living yellow-bellied turtles, Trachemys scripta. We compared predictions from this model with those of deterministics negative exponential and flexibly shaped Richards sigmoidal models. Concentrations of {sup 137}Cs in a population if this species in Pond B, a radionuclide-contaminated nuclear reactor cooling reservoir, and {sup 137}Cs uptake by the uncontaminated turtles held captive in Pond B for 4 yr confirmed both the pattern of uptake and the equilibrium concentrations predicted by the temperature-dependent model. Almost 90% of the variance on the predicted time-integrated {sup 137}Cs concentration was explainable by linear relationships with model paramaters. The model was also relatively insensitive to uncertainties in the estimates of ambient temperature, suggesting that adequate estimates of temperature-dependent ingestion and elimination may require relatively few measurements of ambient conditions at sites of interest. Analyses of Richards sigmoidal models of {sup 137}Cs uptake indicated significant differences from a negative exponential trajectory in the 1st yr after the turtles` release into Pond B. 76 refs., 7 figs., 5 tabs.},

  doi          = {10.2307/2963483},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/450665},
  journal      = {Ecological Monographs},
number       = 1,

  volume       = 66,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},

  month        = {Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1996}

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