LD50 for various animals?

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@hotmail.com>]

Wonder if any radsafer could help with approximate LD50-values ("whole body" 
photon radiation or alpha radiation) for some  other species than "man" (and 
woman). I searched the Radsafers archives and found 1000 Gy (100 000 rad) 
for Drospohila. The best would be if you can briefly give the references as 
well.

Rather than giving LD50 for a dozen of different rodents - it would be more 
illuminating to have these values for entirely different taxonomic groups - 
including some plants. Examples (if known - please give the scientific name 
also): Millipede, housefly, earthworm, seastar, cod, snail, shrew, sparrow, 
salamander, Ginkgo, spruce, dandelion, whatever,... I need this for 
educational purposes - only to give an idea about the ranges. If complicated 
info (=big files) - please email me directly.

This time I am not very interested in organisms like Micrococcus radiodurans 
and other extremes.

Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com

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