Impact of environmental radiation on the health and reproductive status of fish from Chernobyl, Ukraine 2014 to 2015

Data comprise health, reproductive status and relative abundance of mature perch and roach collected in September 2014, March 2015, June 2015 and September 2015 from lakes in Belarus and Ukraine. Measurements presented include age, weight, length, presence of external signs of disease and presence of macroscopic tumors. The Fulton condition index (K), hepatosomatic index (HSI) and gonadosomatic index (GSI) of fish are also presented. The lakes (selected according to hydrological properties and long-term exposure to a gradient of radiation dose) are situated at distances from 1.5 to 225 km of the Chernobyl NPP. Glubokoye, Yanovsky lakes and Cooling Pond are the high (H) contaminated lakes, Svyatoye Lake is a medium (M) contaminated lake, and Stoyacheye, Dvoriche and Gorova lakes are the low (L) contaminated lakes. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/02a53248-1bfd-4f1e-8f76-888551635c98

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Dataset Reference Date (): 2019-03-20

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/02a53248-1bfd-4f1e-8f76-888551635c98

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Other citation details: Lerebours, A., Smith, J.T. (2019). Impact of environmental radiation on the health and reproductive status of fish from Chernobyl, Ukraine 2014 to 2015. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/02a53248-1bfd-4f1e-8f76-888551635c98

University of Portsmouth - Lerebours, A.

University of Portsmouth - Smith, J.T.

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University of Portsmouth - Guler, Y.

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Radioecology
Chornobyl
Chernobyl
Ukraine

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Begin date: 2014-01-01

End date: 2015-12-31

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Statement: Health and reproductive status was assessed in perch and roach of similar weight and length collected in September 2014, March 2015 and September 2015 from lakes in Belarus and Ukraine using gill nets of 20 m length and 21 mm mesh size to ensure capture of homogeneous groups of mature ﬁsh. Relative abundance of ﬁsh species in each lake was evaluated by recording the number of ﬁsh caught for each species during an additional sampling session in June 2015. Scales were sampled for age determination. Body weight, total length, and presence of external signs of disease and macroscopic tumors were noted for each ﬁsh. The Fulton condition index (K), hepatosomatic index (HSI) and gonadosomatic index (GSI) of fish were determined as K = body weight/ (total length (cm)3) x 100; HSI = (liver weight/body weight) x 100 and GSI = (gonad weight/body weight) x 100, respectively. Lakes were selected according to hydrological properties and long-term exposure to a gradient of radiation dose. The lakes are situated at distances from 1.5 to 225 km of the Chernobyl NPP. Glubokoye, Yanovsky lakes and Cooling Pond are the high (H) contaminated lakes, Svyatoye Lake is a medium (M) contaminated lake, and Stoyacheye, Dvoriche and Gorova lakes are the low (L) contaminated lakes.

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