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Utilizing fluctuation asymmetry to assess the effects of U-238 radioactivity on the marine ecosystem around the Madras nuclear power plant, India Cover

Utilizing fluctuation asymmetry to assess the effects of U-238 radioactivity on the marine ecosystem around the Madras nuclear power plant, India

Open Access
|Dec 2023

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Figure 1

Map showing the sampling location around MAPS, India (AL-Sharif et al. 2023)
Map showing the sampling location around MAPS, India (AL-Sharif et al. 2023)

Figure 2

Bilateral morphological characters measured for FA in Leiognathus sp.
Bilateral morphological characters measured for FA in Leiognathus sp.

Figure 3

Bilateral morphological characters measured for FA in Portunus sanguinolentus
Bilateral morphological characters measured for FA in Portunus sanguinolentus

Figure 4

Radioactivity of U-238 (Bq kg-1) around MAPS during different seasons
Radioactivity of U-238 (Bq kg-1) around MAPS during different seasons

Figure 5

Bar plot depicts the fluctuating asymmetry (FA) values of eight morphometric characters of fish species (Leiognathus sp.) in the MAPS coast during different seasons
Bar plot depicts the fluctuating asymmetry (FA) values of eight morphometric characters of fish species (Leiognathus sp.) in the MAPS coast during different seasons

Figure 6

Bar plot depicts the fluctuating asymmetry (FA) values of four morphometric characters of crab (Portunus sanguinolentus) in the MAPS coast during different seasons
Bar plot depicts the fluctuating asymmetry (FA) values of four morphometric characters of crab (Portunus sanguinolentus) in the MAPS coast during different seasons

Correlation relationships between U-238 radioactivity and the fluctuating asymmetry in morphometric characteristics of Leiognathus sp_ at the studied area

ParametersU SEU SWU Ftrait1 Ftrait2 Ftrait3 Ftrait4 Ftrait5 Ftrait6 Ftrait7 Ftrait8 F
U SE1
U SW0.40 NS1
U F-0.98**-0.58*1
trait1 F-0.92**0.00 NS0.81**1
trait2 F0.92**0.72**-0.98**-0.69*1
trait3 F-0.75**-0.91**0.87**0.42 NS-0.94**1
trait4 F-0.38 NS0.69*0.18 NS0.72**0.00 NS-0.33 NS1
trait5 F-0.81**-0.87**0.91**0.50*-0.97**1.00**-0.24 NS1
trait6 F-0.03 NS-0.93**0.24 NS-0.37 NS-0.41 NS0.69*-0.91**0.62*1
trait7 F-0.59*-0.98**0.74**0.21 NS-0.85**0.98**-0.53*0.95**0.83**1
trait8 F-0.40 NS-1.00**0.58*0.00 NS-0.72**0.91**-0.69*0.87**0.93**0.98**1

Correlation relationships between U-238 radioactivity and the fluctuating asymmetry in morphometric characters of Portunus sanguinolentus at the studied area

ParametersU SEU SWU Ctrait1 Ctrait2 Ctrait3 Ctrait4 C
U SE1
U SW0.40 NS1
U C1.00**0.45 NS1
trait1 C0.46 NS1.00**0.51*1
trait2 C-0.38 NS0.69*-0.33 NS0.64*1
trait3 C0.22 NS-0.80**0.17 NS-0.76**-0.99**1
trait4 C0.82**-0.19 NS0.79**-0.12 NS-0.84**0.74**1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26881/oahs-2023.4.05 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X
Language: English
Page range: 437 - 445
Submitted on: Apr 20, 2023
Accepted on: Oct 19, 2023
Published on: Dec 31, 2023
Published by: University of Gdańsk
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2023 Sherif A. AL-Sharif, Manjulatha Chapara, Atef El-Taher, Ahmed Salah-Tantawy, published by University of Gdańsk
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