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Main Title Dose/Dose-Rate Responses of Shrimp Larvae to UV-B Radiation.
Author Damkaer, David M. ; Dey, Douglas B. ; Heron, Gayle A. ;
CORP Author Washington Univ., Seattle. Dept. of Oceanography.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR.
Year Published 1980
Report Number CONTRIB-1183; EPA-600/J-81-504;
Stock Number PB82-154758
Additional Subjects Radiation effects ; Dosimetry ; Shrimps ; Ultraviolet radiation ; Radiation dosage ; Responses ; Larvae ; Shellfish ; Crustacea ; Reprints ;
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NTIS  PB82-154758 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Previous work indicated dose-rate thresholds in the effects of UV-B on the near-surface larvae of three shrimp species. Additional observations suggest that the total dose response varies with dose-rate. Below 0.002 W sq m (DNA) irradiance no significant effect is noted in activity, development or survival. Beyond that dose-rate threshold, shrimp larvae are significantly affected if the total dose exceeds about 85 J sq m (DNA). Predictions cannot be made without both the dose-rate and the dose. These dose/dose-rate thresholds are compared to four-year mean dose/dose-rate solar UV-B irradiances at the experimental site, measured at the surface and calculated for 1 m depth. The probability that the shrimp larvae would receive lethal irradiance is low for the first half of the season of surface occurrence, even with a 44% increase in damaging UV radiation.