Element and radionuclide concentrations in wildlife (including representative species of the ICRP's Reference Animals and Plants) and associated soils from forests in north-east England, 2015-2016

Data comprise stable element concentrations for a range of elements, radionuclide activity concentrations for the isotopes K-40 and Cs-137 and radionuclide and stable element concentration ratios. Samples of soil, water, vegetation (grasses, trees, herbaceous plants and shrubs), fungi, earthworms, bees, wood mice, bank voles, common frogs, frogspawn and European toads were collected between March 2015 and October 2016 from two forests in north-east England. The study was conducted to target representative terrestrial species of the ICRPs Reference Animals and Plants. Funding for this work was via the TREE project funded by NERC, the Environment Agency and Radioactive Waste Management Ltd. under the RATE programme.

本数据集涵盖多种元素的稳定元素浓度、钾-40（K-40）与铯-137（Cs-137）两种放射性核素的活度浓度，以及放射性核素与稳定元素的浓度比值。2015年3月至2016年10月期间，研究团队从英格兰东北部的两处森林中采集了如下样本：土壤、水体、植被（禾草、树木、草本植物与灌木）、真菌、蚯蚓、蜜蜂、林姬鼠、普通田鼠、普通青蛙、蛙卵以及欧洲蟾蜍。本研究旨在针对国际放射防护委员会（International Commission on Radiological Protection，ICRP）参考动植物体系中的代表性陆生物种开展工作。本研究的资金来源于由自然环境研究委员会（Natural Environment Research Council，NERC）、英国环境署与放射性废物管理有限公司（Radioactive Waste Management Ltd.）依托RATE计划资助的TREE项目。