Radiocesium in pacific bluefin tuna thunnus orientalis in 2012 validates new tracer technique

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2287-2294

  Madigan, Daniel J ^a   Baumann, Zofia ^b   Snodgrass, Owyn E ^c   Ergül, Halim A ^d   Dewar, Heidi ^c   Fisher, Nicholas S ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; BLUEFIN TUNA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENTS; LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIOCESIUM; SAFETY GUIDELINES; TRACER TECHNIQUE; WESTERN PACIFIC; WHITE MUSCLES;

ACCIDENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; TISSUE;

CESIUM;

CESIUM; CESIUM 134; TRACER;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; FINFISH; GUIDELINE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIONUCLIDE; SAFETY; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FAST MUSCLE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOACTIVITY; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; TUNA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JAPAN; MARINE BIOLOGY; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; TUNA; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84874613019     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4002423     Document Type: Article

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