Fishing for answers off fukushima

Science

Volumn 338, Issue 6106, 2012, Pages 480-482

  Buesseler, Ken O ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; CESIUM;

FISH; FISHERY PRODUCTION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

EARTHQUAKE; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; JAPAN; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SEA FOOD; SEASHORE; SEAWEED; SHELLFISH; SHORT SURVEY; TSUNAMI; WATER POLLUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; SEAFOOD; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84867835069     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1228250     Document Type: Short Survey

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