The Biology of Chernobyl

IF 11.2 1区生物学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics Pub Date : 2021-08-10 DOI:10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110218-024827

Timothy A Mousseau

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Abstract

Environmental disasters offer the unique opportunity for landscape-scale ecological and evolutionary studies that are not possible in the laboratory or small experimental plots. The nuclear accident at Chernobyl (1986) allows for rigorous analyses of radiation effects on individuals and populations at an ecosystem scale. Here, the current state of knowledge related to populations within the Chernobyl region of Ukraine and Belarus following the largest civil nuclear accident in history is reviewed. There is now a significant literature that provides contrasting and occasionally conflicting views of the state of animals and how they are affected by this mutagenic stressor. Studies of genetic and physiological effects have largely suggested significant injuries to individuals inhabiting the more radioactive areas of the Chernobyl region. Most population censuses for most species suggest that abundances are reduced in the more radioactive areas. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Volume 52 is November 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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切尔诺贝利的生物学

环境灾害为景观尺度的生态和进化研究提供了独特的机会，而这在实验室或小的实验地块上是不可能的。切尔诺贝利核事故(1986年)允许在生态系统尺度上对辐射对个人和种群的影响进行严格的分析。本文回顾了历史上最大的民用核事故发生后，乌克兰和白俄罗斯切尔诺贝利地区人口的现状。现在有一个重要的文献提供了动物状态的对比和偶尔相互矛盾的观点，以及它们是如何受到这种诱变压力源的影响的。对遗传和生理影响的研究在很大程度上表明，居住在切尔诺贝利地区放射性较强地区的个人受到了重大伤害。大多数物种的人口普查表明，在放射性更强的地区，丰度会减少。预计《生态、进化和分类学年度评论》第52卷的最终在线出版日期为2021年11月。修订后的估计数请参阅http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates。

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Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 生物-进化生物学

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