Horizontal distribution of Fukushima-derived radiocesium in zooplankton in the northwestern Pacific Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5729-5738

  Kitamura, M ^a   Kumamoto, Y ^a   Kawakami, H ^a   Cruz, E C ^b   Fujikura, K ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; ZOOPLANKTON;

JAPAN; KUROSHIO CURRENT; OYASHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84883419874     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-5729-2013     Document Type: Article

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