Concentrations of 137Cs, 90Sr, 108mAg, 239+240Pu and atom ratio of 240Pu/239Pu in tanner crabs, Chionoecetes japonicus and Chionoecetes opilio collected around Japan

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2311-2322

  Morita, Takami ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoshihito ^b   Fujimoto, Ken ^a   Minamisako, Yoko ^a   Iida, Rika ^a   Nakamura, Masae ^a   Kayama, Toshiharu ^a  

^a Fisheries Research and Education Agency   (Japan)

^b Insutitue for Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

108mAg; 137Cs; 239+240Pu; 90Sr; Atom ratio of 240Pu 239Pu; Sea of Japan; Tanner crab

Indexed keywords

108MAG; 137CS; 239+240PU; 90SR; ATOM RATIO OF 240PU/239PU; SEA OF JAPAN; TANNER CRAB;

CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FALLOUT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; NUTRITION; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SILVER;

ATOMS;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE; SILVER 108M; STRONTIUM 90; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CESIUM; PLUTONIUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRAB; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; SILVER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CHIONOECETES JAPONICUS; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; CRAB; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEA POLLUTION; USSR; ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; METABOLISM; RADIATION MONITORING; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

CHIONOECETES; CHIONOECETES BAIRDI; CHIONOECETES JAPONICUS; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; SILVER; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 78650205802     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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