@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00045778,
 author = {BRECHIGNAC, Francois and Doi, Masahiro and 土居 雅広},
 issue = {12},
 journal = {Journal of Environmental Radioactivity},
 month = {Dec},
 note = {The system of radiological protection of the environment that is currently under development is one
contribution to the general need to adequately protect the environment against stress. Dominated by
operational goals, it emphasizes conceptual and methodological approaches that are readily accessible
today: reference organisms supported by individual-based traditional ecotoxicological data. Whilst there
are immediate advantages to this approach (pragmatism, consistency with other approaches in use for
man and biota), there are also clear limitations, especially in a longer run perspective, that need to be
acknowledged and further considered. One can mention a few: uncertainties generated by the need for
various extrapolations (from lower to higher levels of biological organisation,.), various features missed
such as potential ecological impact through impairment of ecosystem processes, trans-generational
impacts as mediated through genomic instability, indirect effects mediated through trophic interactions
or disruption of ecological balances,. Such limitations have already been faced in other fields of environmental
protection against other stressors, pushing a number of environment professionals to assign
stronger emphasis on more systemic approaches. This review discusses the advantages and limitations of
the current approach designed for the radiological protection of non-human biota in the broader context
of environment protection as a whole, with especial reference to upcoming trends and evolutions. This
leads in particular to advocating the need to boost scientific and methodological approaches featuring
the ecosystem concept as a mean to access a unified goal of protection: preserving life sustainability
through protection of ecosystem structure and functioning.},
 pages = {1125--1134},
 title = {Challenging the current strategy of radiological protection of the environment:  arguments for an ecosystem approach},
 volume = {100},
 year = {2009}
}