“…The calculated dose values were compared with those published in elsewhere. The present values are lesser than values reported for marine organisms from Kalpakkam coast (1302.3 mSv y À1 , Kannan, 2005); Gulf of Mannar (2287.9 mSv y À1 , Masilamani, 2001); France (78e129 mSv y À1 , Connan et al, 2007); Baltic Sea (700 mSv y À1 , Nielson et al, 1999); Italy (50e200 mSv y À1 , Jia et al, 2003); Slovenia (32.8 mSv y À1 , Strok and Smodi s, 2011) and higher than reported from Syria (0.75 mSv y À1 , Al-Masri et al, 2000); the UK (1.86 mSv y À1 , Smith-Briggs and Bradley, 1984) and comparable to values reported from Mumbai (19.4 mSv y À1 , Mishra et al, 2009); Irish Sea (19 mSv y À1 , Pollard et al, 1998) and from Poland (18.6 mSv y À1 , Pietrzak-Flis et al, 1997). Aarkrog et al (1997) reported a global range of 5.1 and 9.1 mSv y -1 and 160 mSv y -1 for critical group.…”