title: A tool for calculating concentration ratios from large environmental datasets.
abstract: This paper presents a tool for calculating concentration ratios from a large and structured environmental dataset of radionuclide activity and metal concentrations. The tool has been developed in MS Excel™ and includes a simple user interface for setting up queries. The tool is capable of matching environmental media samples to biota samples based on user-defined spatial and temporal criteria to derive a representative estimate of the environmental exposure conditions of an organism and its accumulation. Some potential benefits and uses of the tool are discussed.
authors: Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist (ERISS), GPO Box 461, Darwin, NT, 0801, Australia. Electronic address: che.doering@environment.gov.au.
authors: Che
authors: C
authors: Doering
authors: Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist (ERISS), GPO Box 461, Darwin, NT, 0801, Australia; Federal Office for Radiation Protection (Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, BfS), 79098, Freiburg, Germany.
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Bollhöfer
mesh_terms: D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis; D000069079:Radiation Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals
keywords: Computational tool; Concentration ratio; Data analysis; Radioecology