Pacific bluefin tuna transport Fukushima-derived radionuclides from Japan to California

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 9483-9486

  Madigan, Daniel J ^a   Baumann, Zofia ^b   Fisher, Nicholas S ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Pelagic; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUEFIN TUNA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FAST MUSCLE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEA POLLUTION; TUNA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWFIN TUNA;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; TUNA; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84862162108     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1204859109     Document Type: Article

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